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OSHA Injury Report: Ellsworth Cooperative Creamery

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at Ellsworth Cooperative Creamery in Ellsworth, WI 54011 resulted in days away from work. Employee was pan Bagger Tote Room in curds, cheese, made in a cheese plant, manufacturing.

Establishment
Ellsworth Cooperative Creamery
Parent company
Ellsworth Cooperative Creamery
Street
232 N. Wallace Street
City
Ellsworth
State
WI
ZIP
54011
On-site location
Near the UF and RO PLC.
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
1
Days restricted or transferred
8

Prepping to clean out a barrel of chemical water.

Employee filled the chemical barrel with too much water resulting in a heavier barrel that needed to be dumped down the drain.

Employee injured tweaked their back when trying to dump the heavy barrel over.

The overfilled barrel of water chemical.

EE pushed over 55 gallon barrel that had more water than the EE thought which in turn lead to him tweaking his back due to forcing too much weight quickly.

Job description
Pan Bagger Tote Room
SOC code
51-9111 — Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders
NAICS code
311513 — Curds, cheese, made in a cheese plant, manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
177
Total hours worked
227037
EIN
390262200
Establishment ID
483000
Employer case #
2
Date of incident
Shift started
5:00:00.000
Time of incident
7:10:00.000
Submitted
13FEB24:16:10:00

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.