Ellsworth, WI —
OSHA Injury Report: Kaufhold's Kurds Inc.
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Kaufhold's Kurds Inc. in Ellsworth, WI 54011 resulted in days away from work. Employee was food Production in curds, cheese, made in a cheese plant, manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Kaufhold's Kurds Inc.
- Parent company
- Kaufhold's Kurds
- Street
- 400 E Business Way
- City
- Ellsworth
- State
- WI
- ZIP
- 54011
- On-site location
- In the packaging area on the production floor
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 2
Before the incident
The employee was conducting a temp check on a rack of frozen cheese curds in the packaging area before beginning his packaging process.
What happened
He was using a thermometer and picked up the frozen cheese curd (vs. setting the thermometer on the rack liked trained) and the thermometer went through the cheese curd into his index finger on his left hand.
Injury or illness
A thermometer had punctured left index finger.
Object or substance involved
Thermometer
Summary line
Employee tried to temp check a frozen cheese curd by shoving the thermometer through it while holding the curd (not the procedure for this). The thermometer broke the cheese curd and stuck into the employee 's left index finger.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Food Production
- SOC code
- 51-3092 — Food Batchmakers
- NAICS code
- 311513 — Curds, cheese, made in a cheese plant, manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 145
- Total hours worked
- 209941
- EIN
- 391842980
- Establishment ID
- 1420463
- Employer case #
- 4
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 6:26
- Time of incident
- 7:20
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 19FEB26:16:53:00
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.