Sparta, WI ·
OSHA Injury Report: Plant Four
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Plant Four in 400 Century Court, Sparta, WI 54656 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was plough line operator in dietary drinks, dairy and nondairy based, manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Plant Four
- Parent company
- Century Foods International
- Street
- 400 Century Court
- City
- Sparta
- State
- WI
- ZIP
- 54656
- On-site location
- South Plough
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 10
Before the incident
Employee was in transit from sifter deck in [REDACTED] to [REDACTED] dump room to remove a lock from lockbox. Employee cannot recall what object injured him and thinks he may have caught thumb on a sharp edge.
What happened
Investigation leads to a cut from knife but employee denies using knife and thinks a sharp edge in area must have caused laceration. A thorough review of area showed no sharp edges and a spot of blood (or appears to be blood) was found on knife blade.
Injury or illness
Laceration to right thumb requiring 6 stitches.
Object or substance involved
Utility knife blade believed to be cause of injury although employee denies using knife.
Summary line
Laceration to right thumb while working in south plough from unknown sharp. Employee cannot recall what object injured him and only cites utilizing handrailing closing elevator door and starting to remove lock from lockbox before noticing his thumb was w
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Plough line operator
- SOC code
- 51-3099: Food Processing Workers, All Other
- NAICS code
- 311514: Dietary drinks, dairy and nondairy based, manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 277
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 553,699
- EIN
- 410319970
- Establishment ID
- 84657
- Employer case #
- 23-04-03
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 14:00
- Time of incident
- 16:00
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-02-07
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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