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OSHA Injury Report: Almena

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at Almena in Almena, WI 54805 resulted in days away from work. Employee was shipping Clerk in curds, cheese, made in a cheese plant, manufacturing.

Establishment
Almena
Parent company
Saputo Cheese USA
Street
1052 Sixth Street
City
Almena
State
WI
ZIP
54805
On-site location
Almena
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
18
Days restricted or transferred
15

Employee was moving pallets with a powered industrial truck.

the employee was moving 9 pallets with the forklift . As she raised the pallets they struck the pallets stacked behind it and they fell onto the forklift. As the pallets fell the employee said they raised their hand over their head for extra protection. (employee was wearing all PPE including a hard hat). With this action eye witnesses report that she either raised her hand out above the roll cage or out the side of the roll cage. This motion allowed a pallet to come into contact with her left index finger and spread her finger further than her hand allowed resulting in a tear to her hand.

Left hand laceration pain or soreness

pallets

Laceration Hand(s) Left Falling or flying object Falling or flying object

Job description
Shipping Clerk
SOC code
43-5071 — Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks
NAICS code
311513 — Curds, cheese, made in a cheese plant, manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
295
Total hours worked
518835
Establishment ID
1455850
Employer case #
INJ-00175
Date of incident
Time of incident
3:05
Filing year
2025
Submitted
04FEB26:16:40:00

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.