Milwaukee, WI ·
OSHA Injury Report: General Mills / Gardettos
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at General Mills / Gardettos in 4625 S. 6th Street, Milwaukee, WI 53221 resulted in days away from work. Employee was packaging Machine Operator in commercial bakeries.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- General Mills / Gardettos
- Parent company
- General Mills / Gardettos
- Street
- 4625 S. 6th Street
- City
- Milwaukee
- State
- WI
- ZIP
- 53221
- On-site location
- Wexxar feed side at Green Cell Bagger 37
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 2
Before the incident
Normal Operations
What happened
GMI Team Member was transferring a corrugate stack from the corrugate lift to the Wexxar system at Green Cell Bagger 37. While facing east the TM grabbed the stack of corrugate with both hands and rotated at the waist towards the south at which point they experienced a sudden popping sensation and sharp pain in their lower back.
Injury or illness
Strain
Object or substance involved
Posture
Summary line
Employee experienced a sudden popping sensation and sharp pain in their lower back
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Packaging Machine Operator
- SOC code
- 51-9111: Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders
- NAICS code
- 311812: Commercial bakeries
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 300
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 655,463
- EIN
- 410274440
- Establishment ID
- 981721
- Employer case #
- 235312
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 19:00
- Time of incident
- 20:00
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-02-26
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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