South Gate, CA ·
OSHA Injury Report: Saputo Inc.
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Saputo Inc. in 5611 Imperial Hwy, South Gate, CA 90280 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was attendant production I in cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Saputo Inc.
- Parent company
- Saputo Cheese South Gate
- Street
- 5611 Imperial Hwy
- City
- South Gate
- State
- CA
- ZIP
- 90280
- On-site location
- SOUTH GATE
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 6
Before the incident
Employee working as Rework and returning cheese to tables in Production. Employee was removing cheese from Blue Barrel on to rolling table. Employee lifted barrel less than half full & felt pain on Lower Back.
What happened
Employee working as Rework and returning cheese to tables in Production. Employee was removing cheese from Blue Barrel on to rolling table. Employee lifted barrel less than half full & felt pain on Lower Back. Employee was removing cheese from Blue Barrel on to rolling table. Employee lifted barrel less than half full & felt pain on Lower Back.
Injury or illness
Pain & Discomfort Lower Back.
Object or substance involved
Not lifting properly
Summary line
Strain Back (Lower) Both Object Being Lifted or Handled Object(s) being handled by self
Employee and industry
- Job description
- ATTENDANT PRODUCTION I
- SOC code
- 51-9111: Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders
- NAICS code
- 311513: Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 374
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 813,253
- EIN
- 391629977
- Establishment ID
- 836287
- Employer case #
- INJ-00190
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 14:00
- Time of incident
- 17:00
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-02-27
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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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