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OSHA Injury Report: Barron County Cheese

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at Barron County Cheese in 1623B US Hwy 8, Barron, WI 54812 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was st shift production line in cheese, natural (except cottage cheese), manufacturing.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Barron County Cheese
Parent company
Barron County Cheese LLC
Street
1623B US Hwy 8
City
Barron
State
WI
ZIP
54812
On-site location
Production floor new Falcon equipment

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Before the incident

Cleaning the equipment for next production run

What happened

He was removing a blade to clean it and didn 't realize how sharp it was

Injury or illness

Laceration of right thumb

Object or substance involved

Blade from equipment

Summary line

Right thumb laceration

Employee and industry

Job description
st shift production line
SOC code
51-9111 — Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders
NAICS code
311513 — Cheese, natural (except cottage cheese), manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
55
Total hours worked
73934
EIN
272938623
Establishment ID
1048616
Employer case #
2

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
7:00:00.000
Time of incident
14:00:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
09FEB24:20:12:00

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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.