South Gate, CA —
OSHA Injury Report: Saputo Inc.
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Saputo Inc. in 5611 Imperial Hwy, South Gate, CA 90280 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was oPERATOR SKILLED PRODUCTION in cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Saputo Inc.
- Parent company
- Saputo Cheese South Gate
- Street
- 5611 Imperial Hwy
- City
- South Gate
- State
- CA
- ZIP
- 90280
- On-site location
- SOUTH GATE
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 88
Before the incident
Working in Production as normal.
What happened
EE was picking up a full barrel of cheese with another employee by table 3. EE helping rework EE didn’t put all his strength to pick up the barrel so he felt he pulled his lower back.
Injury or illness
Lower Back Pain & Discomfort
Object or substance involved
Employee lifting technique not following properly lifting techniques.
Summary line
Strain Back (Lower) Both Object Being Lifted or Handled Object(s) being handled by self
Employee and industry
- Job description
- OPERATOR SKILLED PRODUCTION
- SOC code
- 51-9199 — Production Workers, All Other
- NAICS code
- 311513 — Cheese (except cottage cheese) manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 374
- Total hours worked
- 813253
- EIN
- 391629977
- Establishment ID
- 836287
- Employer case #
- INJ-00201
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 14:00
- Time of incident
- 21:20
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 27FEB26:23:35:00
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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.