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OSHA Injury Report: Nueske's Applewood Smoked Meats Manufacturing Plant

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

At a glance

On , an injury at Nueske's Applewood Smoked Meats Manufacturing Plant in 1390 East Grand Avenue, Wittenberg, WI 54499 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was packaging Team Member in bacon, slab and sliced, made from purchased carcasses.

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Where did this happen?

Establishment
Nueske's Applewood Smoked Meats Manufacturing Plant
Parent company
Nueske's Applewood Smoked Meats
Street
1390 East Grand Avenue
City
Wittenberg
State
WI
ZIP
54499
On-site location
Suite #3 R570 machine

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
9

Before the incident

Changing bottom roll on the [REDACTED] machine. slice hall 3

What happened

Loosening insert for bottom roll then pushing arm down to release bottom roll. Went to pull the insert out and felt a pull on the right side lower back.

Injury or illness

Lower Back

Object or substance involved

N A

Summary line

Acute right side lower back pain

Employee and industry

Job description
Packaging Team Member
SOC code
51-9111 — Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders
NAICS code
311612 — Bacon, slab and sliced, made from purchased carcasses
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
157
Total hours worked
228758
EIN
391173838
Establishment ID
261393
Employer case #
MP-4

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
6:30:00.000
Time of incident
9:00:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
10JAN24:18:37:00

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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 — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.