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OSHA Injury Report: Sargento Cheese

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at Sargento Cheese in Kiel, WI 53042 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was production Sanitation Utility in cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing.

Establishment
Sargento Cheese
Street
1 Persnickety Pl
City
Kiel
State
WI
ZIP
53042
On-site location
Line 115125 Prep Room
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
15

Employee was working on line 115 and giving neighbor break on line 125 When lifting blocks of cheese to be placed on the line from the pallet the lift table did not raise up as there were only a couple rows left and while employee was lifting a block they felt pressure in their back The next day they felt more pain in their back

Employee was working on line 115 and giving neighbor break on line 125 When lifting blocks of cheese to be placed on the line from the pallet the lift table did not raise up as there were only a couple rows left and while employee was lifting a block they felt pressure in their back The next day they felt more pain in their back

Strain Back Lower Back

Lifting blocks of cheese

Strain Back Lower Back Lifting blocks of cheese Lowering lifting carrying

Job description
Production Sanitation Utility
SOC code
51-9199 — Production Workers, All Other
NAICS code
311513 — Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
490
Total hours worked
890635
EIN
390859334
Establishment ID
1454694
Employer case #
1338
Date of incident
Shift started
14:00
Time of incident
20:50
Filing year
2025
Submitted
02FEB26:20:39:00

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.