Humboldt, TN ·
OSHA Injury Report: Bongards Creameries South
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Bongards Creameries South in 3001 US-45 West Bypass, Humboldt, TN 38343 resulted in days away from work. Employee was maintenance Technician in processed cheeses manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Bongards Creameries South
- Parent company
- Bongards Creameries
- Street
- 3001 US-45 West Bypass
- City
- Humboldt
- State
- TN
- ZIP
- 38343
- On-site location
- Cook Room
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 2
Before the incident
Employee was trying to loosen a stuck bolt that had been overtightened
What happened
Maintenance was trying to remove an overtight bolt from the slice surge tank in the Cook [REDACTED]. A Maintenance Tech placed a large combination wrench on the stuck bolt and then proceeded to strike the wrench with a second large combination wrench in an attempt to loose it. The employee was injured when the wrench recoiled and hit his thumb.
Injury or illness
Contusion
Object or substance involved
Large wrench
Summary line
While trying to loosen a stuck bolt employee hit his thumb with a wrench
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Maintenance Technician
- SOC code
- 49-9041: Industrial Machinery Mechanics
- NAICS code
- 311513: Processed cheeses manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 188
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 436,370
- EIN
- 272106968
- Establishment ID
- 1079755
- Employer case #
- 7
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 17:45
- Time of incident
- 23:42
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-03-02
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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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