TULARE, CA —
OSHA Injury Report: Saputo Paige
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Saputo Paige in TULARE, CA 93274 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was maintenance Mechanic in cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Saputo Paige
- Parent company
- Saputo Cheese USA Inc. / Saputo Dairy Foods USA, LLC
- Street
- 800 E PAIGE AVE
- City
- TULARE
- State
- CA
- ZIP
- 93274
- On-site location
- 800 area whey silo room
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Maint EE performing PM on a pump in the [REDACTED] room. The pump was locked out.
What happened
He removed the inlet side clamp and the water drained out then the outlet side bottom clamp of the check valve. Then he removed the top clamp above the check valve and gravity pushed residual warm CIP solution from the pipe out and it got on his chest and abdomen. There were fans on in the room so some of the water became aerosolized and the mist was getting in his eyes. Out of an abundance of caution we had him rinse his eyes with fresh water for 15+ minutes and took him to the ER
Injury or illness
foreign material in eyes (liquid)
Object or substance involved
contact with CIP solution
Summary line
water in the eyes
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Maintenance Mechanic
- SOC code
- 49-9041 — Industrial Machinery Mechanics
- NAICS code
- 311513 — Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 799
- Total hours worked
- 1559030
- EIN
- 391629977
- Establishment ID
- 933180
- Employer case #
- INJ-00201
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 16:00
- Time of incident
- 17:30
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 23FEB26:21:43:00
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.