Friendship, NY —
OSHA Injury Report: Saputo Cheese USA Inc.
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Saputo Cheese USA Inc. in Friendship, NY 14739 resulted in days away from work. Employee was skilled Labor Friendship Union in cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Saputo Cheese USA Inc.
- Parent company
- Saputo Cheese USA Inc.
- Street
- 6701 Co Rd 20
- City
- Friendship
- State
- NY
- ZIP
- 14739
- On-site location
- Friendship
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 32
Before the incident
Connecting filler to CIP (clean in place).
What happened
Employee was connecting the piping from the filler to the CIP (clean in place). Employee started the CIP and there was no flow going to the filler. Upon looking for the cause the employee noticed the supply line was capped. When the employee removed the cap there was pressure in the line and the pipe swung and hit the employee in the face causing them to fall off a mobile platform less than 4 feet from the floor.
Injury or illness
Broken nose and jaw 2 black eyes and swollen face.
Object or substance involved
Contact with solid substance (metal bollard etc.)
Summary line
Laceration Fracture Contusion Head Face Nose Both Contact With Contact with solid substance (metal bollard etc.)
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Skilled Labor Friendship Union
- SOC code
- 51-9199 — Production Workers, All Other
- NAICS code
- 311513 — Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 380
- Total hours worked
- 742539
- Establishment ID
- 1312976
- Employer case #
- INJ-00175
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 13:30
- Time of incident
- 16:27
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 05FEB26:16:23:00
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.