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OSHA Injury Report: Sargento Cheese

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at Sargento Cheese in Kiel, WI 53042 resulted in days away from work. 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
08 cooler
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
17
Days restricted or transferred
65

I drove into the [REDACTED] noticed some barrels of possible product I was looking for I turned too soon and made contact with what I believe was a pole I can only assume after hitting the pole that I made contact (head and face) with either the cage or mast or both on the forklift The next thing I remember was getting up from the floor unsure of what happened I think i went to check the forklift I turned around and someone asked me if I was okay I found out later that I was in a wheelchair in the first aid room with an ice pack on my head and face

I drove into the [REDACTED] noticed some barrels of possible product I was looking for I turned too soon and made contact with what I believe was a pole I can only assume after hitting the pole that I made contact (head and face) with either the cage or mast or both on the forklift The next thing I remember was getting up from the floor unsure of what happened I think i went to check the forklift I turned around and someone asked me if I was okay I found out later that I was in a wheelchair in the first aid room with an ice pack on my head and face

Concussion Head other than face Skull

Forklift mast or computer screen

Concussion Head other than face Skull Forklift mast or computer screen Motor vehicle accident

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 #
1293
Date of incident
Shift started
22:00
Time of incident
23:05
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.