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OSHA Injury Report: LIFEWAY WISCONSIN, INC

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

At a glance

On , an injury at LIFEWAY WISCONSIN, INC in 2101 DELAFIELD STREET, WAUKESHA, WI 53188 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was pACKAGING OPERATOR in milk, fluid (except canned), manufacturing.

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Where did this happen?

Establishment
LIFEWAY WISCONSIN, INC
Parent company
LIFEWAY FOODS, INC.
Street
2101 DELAFIELD STREET
City
WAUKESHA
State
WI
ZIP
53188
On-site location
PACKAGING PRODUCTION FLOOR

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

Employee was working in packaging area and he was attempting to fix the cutter machine by unjamming it.

What happened

While trying to unjam the cutter machine the employee misjudged the situation and ran his finger across the cutter blade.

Injury or illness

Laceration of right index finger

Object or substance involved

Cutter blade in machine.

Summary line

LACERATION OF RIGHT INDEX FINGER

Employee and industry

Job description
PACKAGING OPERATOR
SOC code
53-7064 — Packers and Packagers, Hand
NAICS code
311511 — Milk, fluid (except canned), manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
54
Total hours worked
107925
EIN
371736390
Establishment ID
1243417
Employer case #
26613924

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
5:00:00.000
Time of incident
7:50:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
17MAY24:02:31:00

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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.