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OSHA Injury Report: Torkelson Cheese Co.

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at Torkelson Cheese Co. in Lena, IL 61048 resulted in days away from work. Employee was packaging in cheese, natural (except cottage cheese), manufacturing.

Establishment
Torkelson Cheese Co.
Parent company
Torkelson Cheese Co.
Street
9453 W. Louisa Rd.
City
Lena
State
IL
ZIP
61048
On-site location
packaging room
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
2

Trying to put a gasket on forming head of packaging machine.

Forming head slipped and came up onto finger.

Pinched Finger

Forming Box on Packaging Machine

Sealing box on packaging machine pinched finger

Job description
Packaging
SOC code
53-7064 — Packers and Packagers, Hand
NAICS code
311513 — Cheese, natural (except cottage cheese), manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
25
Total hours worked
45877
EIN
363857062
Establishment ID
1246248
Employer case #
1
Date of incident
Shift started
6:00:00.000
Time of incident
12:00:00.000
Submitted
03SEP24:18:58:00

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.