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OSHA Injury Report: Mullins Cheese Knowlton

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at Mullins Cheese Knowlton in Mosinee, WI 54455 resulted in days away from work. Employee was backup Supervisor in curds, cheese, made in a cheese plant, manufacturing.

Establishment
Mullins Cheese Knowlton
Parent company
Mullins Cheese Knowlton
Street
204000 County Road DB
City
Mosinee
State
WI
ZIP
54455
On-site location
300 Tower Room 13
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
3

Team member was helping maintenance trying to switch out a valve seal on tower 13.

Team member was holding valve for maintenance as maintenance was trying to put air to the valve from the PLC and employee had his hand in the wrong position causing the employee to get his finger amputated from the rod coming out of the valve.

Amputation of middle right finger from air actuating valve

Valve stem which is actuated by air which was being done remotely by PLC from maintenance tech.

Amputation of middle Right Finger

Job description
Backup Supervisor
SOC code
51-1011 — First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers
NAICS code
311513 — Curds, cheese, made in a cheese plant, manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
185
Total hours worked
371316
EIN
391140270
Establishment ID
920185
Employer case #
4
Date of incident
Shift started
14:00:00.000
Time of incident
20:30:00.000
Submitted
08FEB24:17:53:00

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year unspecified. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.