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 220
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 12
Before the incident
Two incidents First incident was when crotch of sanitation suit pinched my scrotum when I knelt down to pick up a hose Second incident was during reassembly of line 220 When putting pins in 640 cutter belt rods felt pain in scrotum when standing back up Then felt pain in lower right back when lifting the block (pusher block) Note: we used the proper install device
What happened
Two incidents First incident was when crotch of sanitation suit pinched my scrotum when I knelt down to pick up a hose Second incident was during reassembly of line 220 When putting pins in 640 cutter belt rods felt pain in scrotum when standing back up Then felt pain in lower right back when lifting the block (pusher block) Note: we used the proper install device
Injury or illness
Strain Back Lower Back
Object or substance involved
The process of bending down to the floor level while wearing a sanitation suit
Summary line
Strain Back Lower Back The process of bending down to the floor level while wearing a sanitation suit Forceful exertion pushing pulling
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 #
- 1270
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 14:00
- Time of incident
- 17:00
- 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.