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OSHA Injury Report: Ellsworth Cooperative Creamery

Injury · Days away from work

At a glance

On , an injury at Ellsworth Cooperative Creamery in 232 N. Wallace Street, Ellsworth, WI 54011 resulted in days away from work. Employee was packaging Team Member in curds, cheese, made in a cheese plant, manufacturing.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Ellsworth Cooperative Creamery
Parent company
Ellsworth Cooperative Creamery
Street
232 N. Wallace Street
City
Ellsworth
State
WI
ZIP
54011
On-site location
Near the filler hopper on line 2 in light packaging

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
5
Days restricted or transferred
123

Before the incident

Grabbing bags of cheese from the bottom of a tote.

What happened

Bag of cheese slipped from employees hand they proceeded to reach for the falling bag and felt pain in their left shoulder.

Injury or illness

Left shoulder strain.

Object or substance involved

The bag of cheese.

Summary line

EE was handling bags of cheese out of a tote on the floor and one of them slipped – her reaction was to try to catch it but in doing so heard her shoulder “pop”.

Employee and industry

Job description
Packaging Team Member
SOC code
51-9111 — Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders
NAICS code
311513 — Curds, cheese, made in a cheese plant, manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
177
Total hours worked
227037
EIN
390262200
Establishment ID
483000
Employer case #
4

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
21:00:00.000
Time of incident
0:15:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
13FEB24:16:34:00

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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.