Kiel, WI —
OSHA Injury Report: Sargento Cheese
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
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.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Sargento Cheese
- Street
- 1 Persnickety Pl
- City
- Kiel
- State
- WI
- ZIP
- 53042
- On-site location
- Line 115125 Prep Room
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 15
Before the incident
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
What happened
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
Injury or illness
Strain Back Lower Back
Object or substance involved
Lifting blocks of cheese
Summary line
Strain Back Lower Back Lifting blocks of cheese Lowering lifting carrying
Employee and industry
- 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
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 14:00
- Time of incident
- 20:50
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 02FEB26:20:39:00
Source
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.