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OSHA Injury Report: General Mills / Gardettos

Injury · Days away from work

At a glance

On , an injury at General Mills / Gardettos in 4625 S. 6th Street, Milwaukee, WI 53221 resulted in days away from work. Employee was packaging Machine Operator in commercial bakeries.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
General Mills / Gardettos
Parent company
General Mills / Gardettos
Street
4625 S. 6th Street
City
Milwaukee
State
WI
ZIP
53221
On-site location
Wexxar feed side at Green Cell Bagger 37

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
2

Before the incident

Normal Operations

What happened

GMI Team Member was transferring a corrugate stack from the corrugate lift to the Wexxar system at Green Cell Bagger 37. While facing east the TM grabbed the stack of corrugate with both hands and rotated at the waist towards the south at which point they experienced a sudden popping sensation and sharp pain in their lower back.

Injury or illness

Strain

Object or substance involved

Posture

Summary line

Employee experienced a sudden popping sensation and sharp pain in their lower back

Employee and industry

Job description
Packaging Machine Operator
SOC code
51-9111 — Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders
NAICS code
311812 — Commercial bakeries
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
300
Total hours worked
655463
EIN
410274440
Establishment ID
981721
Employer case #
235312

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
19:00:00.000
Time of incident
20:00:00.000
Submitted
26FEB24:15:21:00

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Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year unspecified. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.