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OSHA Injury Report: Barron County Cheese

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

At a glance

On , an injury at Barron County Cheese in 1623B US Hwy 8, Barron, WI 54812 resulted in job transfer or restriction. 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 Gen Mac

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

Removing cut cheese from Gen [REDACTED] and transferring to racks for the smoker

What happened

He was removing the trim from the machine and didn 't notice the new block of cheese coming towards him and smashed shi finger.

Injury or illness

Laceration

Object or substance involved

Gen Mac

Summary line

Right hand middle finger 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 #
4

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
6:52:00.000
Time of incident
13:40:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
09FEB24:20:27:00

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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.