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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
North end of L26 Fill and Seal room near eye wash station
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
1
Days restricted or transferred
172

Employee was walking north in the walk area between Side A and Side B from the double doors between the Bakery room and the Fill and Seal room She was carrying an empty white tub in front of her bringing it back from the Bakery stick sorter to put it in the Side B lateral expeller reject location As she got closer to the eye wash station she was unaware that there was water on the floor in the walk area A Maintenance Tech had accidently triggered the paddle on the eye wash station while working on equipmentand some water spilled from the eye wash station onto the floor in the walk area At the time the Maint Tech did not realize that he had touched the paddle or that there was water on the floor The employee carrying the white tub did not see the water slipped when her foot contacted the water and she fell backwards onto her behind on the floor As the employee fell her left jaw neck and left shoulder contacted the conveyor and electrical box in front of the metal detector on [REDACTED]

Employee was walking north in the walk area between Side A and Side B from the double doors between the Bakery room and the Fill and Seal room She was carrying an empty white tub in front of her bringing it back from the Bakery stick sorter to put it in the Side B lateral expeller reject location As she got closer to the eye wash station she was unaware that there was water on the floor in the walk area A Maintenance Tech had accidently triggered the paddle on the eye wash station while working on equipmentand some water spilled from the eye wash station onto the floor in the walk area At the time the Maint Tech did not realize that he had touched the paddle or that there was water on the floor The employee carrying the white tub did not see the water slipped when her foot contacted the water and she fell backwards onto her behind on the floor As the employee fell her left jaw neck and left shoulder contacted the conveyor and electrical box in front of the metal detector on [REDACTED]

Contusion Bruise Head other than face JawNeckLeft Shoulder

Water puddle on floor in walkway from the eye wash station being accidentally triggered Employee was carrying an e When employee slipped they cam in contact with the finished product conveyor on L26B

Contusion Bruise Head other than face JawNeckLeft Shoulder Water puddle on floor in walkway from the eye wash station being accidentally triggered Employee was carrying an e When employee slipped they cam in contact with the finished product c

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 #
1302
Date of incident
Shift started
14:00
Time of incident
20:30
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.