Eau Claire, WI ·
OSHA Injury Report: Perrigo Wisconsin PWI
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Perrigo Wisconsin PWI in 5023 Venture Drive, Eau Claire, WI 54703 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was manufacturing Operator in dry Condensed and Evaporated Dairy Products.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Perrigo Wisconsin PWI
- Parent company
- Perrigo Wisconsin
- Street
- 5023 Venture Drive
- City
- Eau Claire
- State
- WI
- ZIP
- 54703
- On-site location
- Over Capper Area
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
At around [REDACTED] operator was reaching above head height to take one box weighing 19 lbs down from highest part of over cap pallet to set onto unload stand When bringing the box down he felt a sharp pain starting deep inside right shoulder towards front When trying to stretch and rotate felt pain in right shoulder area and also traveled down arm into fingers Limited use of right arm until breaktime During break took 4 ibuprofen between [REDACTED] and [REDACTED] He notified TA about the soreness around [REDACTED] but felt he was able to continue working and just wanted to test the issue When coming back from break he continued using mostly his left arm until the line was finished running for the day and went into cleaning mode which was around [REDACTED] At [REDACTED] can only move right arm up to approximately chest height before it is too painful to lift further He was just going to just watch the activities for the top down the rest of the day and not use his arm
What happened
At around [REDACTED] operator was reaching above head height to take one box weighing 19 lbs down from highest part of over cap pallet to set onto unload stand When bringing the box down he felt a sharp pain starting deep inside right shoulder towards front When trying to stretch and rotate felt pain in right shoulder area and also traveled down arm into fingers Limited use of right arm until breaktime During break took 4 ibuprofen between [REDACTED] and [REDACTED] He notified TA about the soreness around [REDACTED] but felt he was able to continue working and just wanted to test the issue When coming back from break he continued using mostly his left arm until the line was finished running for the day and went into cleaning mode which was around [REDACTED] At [REDACTED] can only move right arm up to approximately chest height before it is too painful to lift further He was just going to just watch the activities for the top down the rest of the day and not use his arm
Injury or illness
Strain Shoulder Right Shoulder
Object or substance involved
lifting a 19 pound box from the top of a pallet to the floor
Summary line
Strain Shoulder Right Shoulder lifting a 19 pound box from the top of a pallet to the floor Repetition
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Manufacturing Operator
- SOC code
- 51-3099: Food Processing Workers, All Other
- NAICS code
- 311514: Dry Condensed and Evaporated Dairy Products
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 178
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 411,258
- EIN
- 201781050
- Establishment ID
- 1384190
- Employer case #
- 20
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 06:00
- Time of incident
- 09:00
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-02-28
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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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