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OSHA Injury Report: Saputo Cheese USA

Injury · Days away from work

At a glance

On , an injury at Saputo Cheese USA in 605 N. J Street, Tulare, CA 93274 resulted in days away from work. Employee was cleaning and Sanitizing Product Contract Areas CIP Tulare Union in cheese, cottage, manufacturing.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Saputo Cheese USA
Parent company
Saputo Cheese USA
Street
605 N. J Street
City
Tulare
State
CA
ZIP
93274
On-site location
Tulare J Street

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
2

Before the incident

Reached into a bucket of chemical

What happened

AT [REDACTED] THE CIP OPERATOR AT THE TIME WAS LOOKING FOR A CLAMP AND GASKET TO CAP OFF A LINE FOR A WASH. SHE FOUND A CLAMP AND GASKET IN A CHEMICAL BUCKET AND REACHED HER HAND AND ARM IN TO RETRIVE IT. RIGHT AWAY SHE STARTED TO FEEL HER SKIN BURN AND NOTIFIED MYSELF. RIGHT AWAY I HAD HER FLUSH HER ARM WITH COLD WATER FOR 20 MINUTES AND NOTIFED THE SAFETY MANAGER. WHEN SPEAKING TO HER AS ...

Injury or illness

Chemical Burn

Object or substance involved

Enforce LP CIP

Summary line

Burn Wrist(s) Arm(s) (Lower) Hand Right Chemicals Contact with liquid substance (water chemical grease etc.)

Employee and industry

Job description
Cleaning and Sanitizing Product Contract Areas CIP Tulare Union
SOC code
00-9900 — Insufficient Information - NIOSH
NAICS code
311511 — Cheese, cottage, manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
171
Total hours worked
335200
EIN
200613096
Establishment ID
914118
Employer case #
INJ-00202

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Time of incident
21:45
Filing year
2025
Submitted
23JAN26:19:33:00

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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 — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.