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 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
- 130 Blend room
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 21
Before the incident
EE was opening and loading bags of ricotta cheese and starch into the blender in 130 After having done this for half the day they went to move an empty barrel When they did this they felt a sharp pain in their lower back They thought it was going to go away so they waited to report it
What happened
EE was opening and loading bags of ricotta cheese and starch into the blender in 130 After having done this for half the day they went to move an empty barrel When they did this they felt a sharp pain in their lower back They thought it was going to go away so they waited to report it
Injury or illness
Strain Back Lower Back
Object or substance involved
Lifting and opening ricotta cheese
Summary line
Strain Back Lower Back Lifting and opening ricotta cheese Lowering lifting carrying
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Production 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 #
- 1319
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 6:00
- Time of incident
- 10:00
- 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.