Milbank, SD ·
OSHA Injury Report: Valley Queen Cheese Factory, Inc.
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Valley Queen Cheese Factory, Inc. in 201 S. Dakota Street, Milbank, SD 57252 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was lab Technician in cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Valley Queen Cheese Factory, Inc.
- Parent company
- Valley Queen Cheese Factory, Inc.
- Street
- 201 S. Dakota Street
- City
- Milbank
- State
- SD
- ZIP
- 57252
- On-site location
- QA lab basement
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 16
Before the incident
Employee was looking for portable heater in the basement to use in break room
What happened
Employee was looking for a portable heater that had been used in the break room during a cold spell [REDACTED]. She was walking from the center room to the room off to the left. The plastic drain cover was flipped upside down and she stepped on it with her left foot. This caused her foot to slide and then she fell twisted her right knee.
Injury or illness
Sprain
Object or substance involved
Drain cover
Summary line
Employee was looking for a portable heater that had been used in the break room during a cold spell [REDACTED]. The plastic drain cover was flipped upside down and she stepped on it which caused her foot to slide and fell twisted her right knee.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Lab Technician
- SOC code
- 19-4013: Food Science Technicians
- NAICS code
- 311513: Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 440
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 980,870,000
- EIN
- 460220490
- Establishment ID
- 55869
- Employer case #
- 69377
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 05:00
- Time of incident
- 08:45
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-02-24
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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