Kiel, WI —
OSHA Injury Report: Sargento Cheese
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Sargento Cheese in Kiel, WI 53042 resulted in days away from work. Employee was process Technician 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 26 Bakery room
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 1
Before the incident
EE was working on the weekend on Line 26 in Snacks They were working in bakery opening bakery lifting and turning to dump them in the bakery hopper After this they began cleaning in the fill and seal area While they were cleaning they felt tightness in their lower back They did not feel like it was a big deal did not report it that day but felt it tightening up as the day went on becoming more and more painful until he was hardly able to move by the end of the day
What happened
EE was working on the weekend on Line 26 in Snacks They were working in bakery opening bakery lifting and turning to dump them in the bakery hopper After this they began cleaning in the fill and seal area While they were cleaning they felt tightness in their lower back They did not feel like it was a big deal did not report it that day but felt it tightening up as the day went on becoming more and more painful until he was hardly able to move by the end of the day
Injury or illness
Strain Back Lower Back
Object or substance involved
Opening bakery
Summary line
Strain Back Lower Back Opening bakery Lowering lifting carrying
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Process Technician
- SOC code
- 17-3027 — Mechanical Engineering Technologists and Technicians
- 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 #
- 1327
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 18:00
- Time of incident
- 12:16
- 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.