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OSHA Injury Report: Plant Four

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

At a glance

On , an injury at Plant Four in 400 Century Court, Sparta, WI 54656 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was plough line operator in dietary drinks, dairy and nondairy based, manufacturing.

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Where did this happen?

Establishment
Plant Four
Parent company
Century Foods International
Street
400 Century Court
City
Sparta
State
WI
ZIP
54656
On-site location
South Plough

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
10

Before the incident

Employee was in transit from sifter deck in [REDACTED] to [REDACTED] dump room to remove a lock from lockbox. Employee cannot recall what object injured him and thinks he may have caught thumb on a sharp edge.

What happened

Investigation leads to a cut from knife but employee denies using knife and thinks a sharp edge in area must have caused laceration. A thorough review of area showed no sharp edges and a spot of blood (or appears to be blood) was found on knife blade.

Injury or illness

Laceration to right thumb requiring 6 stitches.

Object or substance involved

Utility knife blade believed to be cause of injury although employee denies using knife.

Summary line

Laceration to right thumb while working in south plough from unknown sharp. Employee cannot recall what object injured him and only cites utilizing handrailing closing elevator door and starting to remove lock from lockbox before noticing his thumb was w

Employee and industry

Job description
Plough line operator
SOC code
51-3099 — Food Processing Workers, All Other
NAICS code
311514 — Dietary drinks, dairy and nondairy based, manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
277
Total hours worked
553699
EIN
410319970
Establishment ID
84657
Employer case #
23-04-03

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
14:00:00.000
Time of incident
16:00:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
07FEB24:13:51:00

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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.