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OSHA Injury Report: Valley Queen Cheese Factory, Inc.

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at Valley Queen Cheese Factory, Inc. in Milbank, SD 57252 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was fTR Lactose Operator in cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing.

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
Whey dry cooler
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
8

employ was emptying the tailings bin

employee hit his head while climbing to the top of tailing bin

Contusion

Climbing ladder

employee hit his head while climbing to the top of tailing bin

Job description
FTR Lactose Operator
SOC code
51-9012 — Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Mac
NAICS code
311513 — Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
440
Total hours worked
980870000
EIN
460220490
Establishment ID
55869
Employer case #
69441
Date of incident
Shift started
17:00
Time of incident
2:06
Filing year
2025
Submitted
24FEB26:17:19:00

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.