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OSHA Injury Report: Great Lakes Cheese of La Crosse, Wisconsin, Inc.

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at Great Lakes Cheese of La Crosse, Wisconsin, Inc. in LA CROSSE, WI 54603 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was slurry Helper in cheese products, imitation or substitute, manufacturing.

Establishment
Great Lakes Cheese of La Crosse, Wisconsin, Inc.
Parent company
Great Lakes Cheese Co, Inc
Street
2200 Enterprise Ave
City
LA CROSSE
State
WI
ZIP
54603
On-site location
Steps by Blender 2
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
10

Employee was walking down the stairs by Blender 2

While walking down the stairs which hadn 't yet been through sanitation the employee 's hand slipped on the railing due to fat on the top rail. In the process of attempting to regain balance crushed their right arm and ribs against the railing.

Fractured ribs and back strain

Handrail on steps

Fracture of ribs and back strain from slipping down steps

Job description
Slurry Helper
SOC code
51-9198 — Helpers--Production Workers
NAICS code
311513 — Cheese products, imitation or substitute, manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
409
Total hours worked
861189
EIN
391827408
Establishment ID
1018350
Employer case #
25-07
Date of incident
Shift started
21:00
Time of incident
0:10
Filing year
2025
Submitted
14JAN26:20:48:00

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.