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Cuts, lacerations

1 hospitalization · 2020021886 · 2/26/2020 · White Hill Cheese Company, LLC

Severity

Hospitalized
1
Amputation
0
Loss of eye
0
Body part
Multiple face locations
Nature of injury
Cuts, lacerations

Cause

Event
Caught in running equipment or machinery during maintenance, cleaning
Source
Food and beverage processing machinery-specialized, n.e.c.

Employer

Name
White Hill Cheese Company, LLC
Location
110 Miner Way, SHULLSBURG, WISCONSIN, 53586
NAICS
311513
Jurisdiction
1

Narrative

A maintenance employee entered the cheese molding cell after de-activating it to troubleshoot the equipment. When the equipment was re-activated, the cheese lid armature moved and struck the maintenance employee on the face causing a laceration from the forehead to the lower cheek that required surgery.

Source

Authoritative
OSHA Severe Injury Reports
Machine
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