OSHA Inspection: GREAT LAKES CHEESE OF WISCONSIN, INC.

Issued

2025-09-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2026-01-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $14471.00 · Current $7235.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.136(a): General requirements. The employer shall ensure that each affected employee uses protective footwear when working in areas where there is a danger of foot injuries due to falling or rolling objects, or objects piercing the sole, or when the use of protective footwear will protect the affected employee from an electrical hazard, such as a static-discharge or electric-shock hazard, that remains after the employer takes other necessary protective measures.  At an establishment located at 2602 County Road PP in Plymouth, Wisconsin; employees were exposed to crushed-by hazards to the feet created by falling cheese blocks, TOSCA boards, film rolls, and forklift traffic.

Issued

2025-09-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-10-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $14471.00 · Current $7235.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(2)(i): Training program implementation. Trainees may operate a powered industrial truck only under conditions contained in paragraphs (A)-(B).  On or about July 8, 2025, at an establishment located at 2602 County Road PP in Plymouth, Wisconsin, in the Strip & Clean North room; an employee who was still in training to become a certified operator was operating the Yale electric forklift #26 (Serial No.: G807N08349N, Model: ERP030VTN36TE082) in an area which endangered the trainee and other employees, and not under the direct supervision of a competent trainer with the knowledge, training, and experience to evaluate their competence. While the trainee was backing up in a congested area with pedestrian employees, the operator struck an employee.

Issued

2025-09-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-10-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $14471.00 · Current $7235.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(4)(ii)(A): Refresher training and evaluation. Refresher training in relevant topics shall be provided to the operator when the operator has been observed to operate the vehicle in an unsafe manner.  On or about June 6, 2025, at an establishment located at 2602 County Road PP in Plymouth, Wisconsin, in the west dock area; the employer did not provide refresher training to an operator who dismounted a forklift with the load engaging means still elevated to unload product off the forks. Another forklift backed into the truck with its load engaging means elevated, exposing the employee to crushed-by hazards created by the elevated load and moving forklift.

Issued

2025-09-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-10-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $14471.00 · Current $7235.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(p)(1): If at any time a powered industrial truck is found to be in need of repair, defective, or in any way unsafe, the truck shall be taken out of service until it has been restored to safe operating condition.  On or about July 10, 2025, to July 18, 2025, at an establishment located at 2602 County Road PP in Plymouth, Wisconsin, in the Strip & Clean North room; the employer did not remove a Yale electric forklift #46 (Serial No.: G807N05484L, Model: ERP040VTN36TE082) from service when the vehicle had a nonfunctioning backup alarm.

Issued

2025-09-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2026-02-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $12059.00 · Current $6030.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1): Machine Guarding. Types of guarding.�One or more methods of machine guarding shall be provided to protect the operator and other employees in the machine area from hazards such as those created by point of operation, ingoing nip points, rotating parts, flying chips and sparks. Examples of guarding methods are - barrier guards, two-hand tripping devices, electronic safety devices, etc.  On or about July 25, 2025, at an establishment located at 2602 County Road PP in Plymouth, Wisconsin, in the Receiving Dock area; employees operating and walking/working near the Rite-Hite dock leveler plates were exposed to crushed-by hazards to the toes, created by the sheer point of the plate and concrete lip where the plate comes down. The machines were not guarded to prevent exposure to these hazards.