Establishment profile
WISKERCHEN CHEESE, LLC
5710 COUNTY ROAD H, AUBURNDALE, WI, 54412
311513 — Cheese Manufacturing
EIN 391598142
Summary
WISKERCHEN CHEESE, LLC has accumulated 30 OSHA violations across 4 inspections over 16 years of recorded history, with $48,221 in total assessed penalties.
The establishment sits in the 94th percentile for violations within its industry-state peer group of 237 employers. Inspection frequency runs at the 74th percentile. The most recent enforcement activity was recorded 1 year ago.
Federal records were found in 2 of 15 sources. Sources without matching records returned empty for this establishment.
Agency coverage
WISKERCHEN CHEESE, LLC appears in OSHA workplace safety, EPA environmental compliance, and FMCSA motor carrier registration records only. No matching records were found in WHD wage enforcement, MSHA mine safety, NLRB labor relations, OFLC visa and labor certification (historical), SAM.gov federal debarment, CMS nursing home enforcement, UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry, CPSC product recalls, or NHTSA vehicle recalls.
OSHA workplace safety
100% of inspections at this establishment produced violations, with 4 inspections producing serious-or-greater violations.
Most-cited OSHA standards
Top OSHA standards cited at this employer, ranked by citation count. Standards (CFR sections) cluster citations into safety themes -- machine guarding, lockout-tagout, hazard communication, fall protection, process safety, etc. A concentration on one or two sections reveals a pattern that individual citations don’t. 20 distinct standards shown · 23 citations in this view · $47,696 in penalties.
| CFR section | Citations | Inspections | Total penalty | First cited | Last cited |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 CFR 1910.0151 C | 2 | 2 | $7,875 | Mar 2010 | Mar 2012 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0176 B | 2 | 2 | $6,475 | Mar 2010 | Mar 2012 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0147 C06 I | 2 | 2 | $5,276 | Mar 2012 | May 2025 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0147 C04 I | 1 | 1 | $7,385 | May 2025 | May 2025 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0147 C07 I A | 1 | 1 | $7,385 | May 2025 | May 2025 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0023 D01 III | 1 | 1 | $1,225 | Mar 2010 | Mar 2010 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0026 C02 VII | 1 | 1 | $1,225 | Mar 2010 | Mar 2010 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0212 A01 | 1 | 1 | $1,225 | Mar 2010 | Mar 2010 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0146 G01 | 1 | 1 | $875 | Mar 2010 | Mar 2010 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0146 D09 | 1 | 1 | $875 | Mar 2010 | Mar 2010 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0147 C04 I | 1 | 1 | $875 | Mar 2010 | Mar 2010 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0146 D02 | 1 | 1 | $875 | Mar 2010 | Mar 2010 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0147 D04 I | 1 | 1 | $875 | Mar 2010 | Mar 2010 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0095 C01 | 1 | 1 | $875 | Mar 2010 | Mar 2010 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0303 B01 | 1 | 1 | $875 | Mar 2010 | Mar 2010 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0146 E01 | 1 | 1 | $875 | Mar 2010 | Mar 2010 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0212 A03 II | 1 | 1 | $700 | Mar 2010 | Mar 2010 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0305 E01 | 1 | 1 | $700 | Mar 2010 | Mar 2010 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0215 A04 | 1 | 1 | $700 | Mar 2010 | Mar 2010 |
| 29 CFR 1910.0304 F04 | 1 | 1 | $525 | Mar 2010 | Mar 2010 |
Source: OSHA inspection citations (violation_detail). CFR section codes can be looked up at osha.gov/laws-regs for the formal standard text. Per-inspection detail and the specific violation descriptions are available by expanding individual inspections below.
Peer comparison
Worse on violations than most other employers in NAICS 3115 within WI. Peer group: 237 employers. This establishment has 30 OSHA violations; peer median is 4.
Safety self-report (OSHA 300A)
Recordable injury rates the employer filed with OSHA’s Injury Tracking Application. DART covers cases with days away, restricted, or transferred; TRIR is the total recordable case rate.
Reported for 109 average annual employees at this establishment.
Source: OSHA ITA Form 300A (employer self-reported). Rates are per 100 full-time equivalent workers. Establishments below the ~10-FTE threshold are not required to report.
Industry benchmark
BLS rates reflect industry-wide averages. Self-reported figures come from OSHA’s Injury Tracking Application; absence of self-reported data does not necessarily indicate non-compliance — many establishments fall below the ITA reporting threshold.
Inspection breakdown
Complaint- and accident-triggered inspections are stronger risk signals than routine planned inspections.
OSHA severe injury reports
Self-reported events under 29 CFR 1904.39 (24-hour notification of hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye) · Sep 2021 – Jan 2025
Most frequent event: Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Source: OSHA Severe Injury Reports (federal OSHA only; state-plan states like California, Oregon, and Washington maintain their own programs and do not consistently report into this feed).
Severe injury reports — events
Each row is a hospitalization, amputation, or eye-loss event the employer self-reported to OSHA under 29 CFR 1904.39. Narratives are written by the reporting employer.
| Date | Event | Body part | Outcome | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 28, 2025 | Struck by running powered equipment during maintenance, cleaning, testing | Other finger(s) n.e.c. | Hospitalized | |
| Sep 21, 2021 | Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation | Fingertip(s) | Amputation |
Source: OSHA Severe Injury Reports. Federal-OSHA jurisdiction only by default; some state-plan programs report voluntarily.
Activity timeline
Most recent federal enforcement activity recorded 1 year ago. Data on this page is refreshed weekly.
Wage & Hour Division (WHD)
No WHD wage, overtime, or child-labor enforcement cases on file for WISKERCHEN CHEESE, LLC. Verify directly with Wage and Hour Division →
Mine safety (MSHA)
No MSHA mine safety violations on file for WISKERCHEN CHEESE, LLC. Verify directly with Mine Safety and Health Administration →
Labor relations (NLRB)
No NLRB unfair labor practice charges or union representation cases on file for WISKERCHEN CHEESE, LLC. Verify directly with National Labor Relations Board →
Visa & labor certification (OFLC) — historical
No H-1B, H-2A, or H-2B labor condition applications on file (historical data only — DOL ended OFLC publication) for WISKERCHEN CHEESE, LLC. Verify directly with Office of Foreign Labor Certification →
Environmental compliance (EPA)
EPA Enforcement and Compliance History — Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, RCRA, Safe Drinking Water Act. Status: Violation Identified.
EPA-registered facilities
Every EPA ECHO facility associated with this employer, sorted most-significant first. Each row links to EPA’s Detailed Facility Report for the source-of-truth record. Permits column lists active programs (Air = Clean Air Act, Water = Clean Water Act, RCRA = hazardous waste, TRI = Toxics Release Inventory reporting). 1 facility.
| Facility | Permits | Status | Inspections | Formal actions | Penalties | Last inspected | ECHO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
WISKERCHEN CHEESE INC 5710 CTH H · AUBURNDALE, WI, 54412 | — | Violation Identified QNCR 5 | 0 | 0 | — | — | View → |
Source: EPA ECHO (Enforcement and Compliance History Online). Compliance status follows EPA’s own labels (“Sig Violation” = significant noncompliance; QNCR = quarters of noncompliance over the recent reporting window). Inactive facilities (struck through) retain historical enforcement records even after operations ceased.
Motor carrier safety (FMCSA)
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration — DOT-regulated carrier registration and fleet data.
Federal criminal prosecution record
No federal criminal prosecutions, plea agreements, or deferred-prosecution agreements on file for WISKERCHEN CHEESE, LLC. Verify directly with UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry →
Inspection history
| Date | Trigger | Violations | Serious | Penalty | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-02-03 | Referral | 4 | 4 | $20,046 | |
| 2012-01-19 | Complaint | 3 | — | $12,600 | |
| 2010-03-09 | Referral | 5 | 4 | $3,325 | |
| 2010-02-11 | Planned | 18 | 17 | $12,250 |
Source: OSHA IMIS. Citation amounts reflect initially assessed penalties; final amounts after appeal may differ.
In the news
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About this data
This profile aggregates federal enforcement records on WISKERCHEN CHEESE, LLC from every major federal compliance and enforcement source plus the UVA Corporate Prosecution Registry. OSHA workplace safety inspections, WHD wage cases, MSHA mine safety, EPA environmental enforcement, NLRB labor relations, OFLC visa/labor certification, FMCSA motor carrier registration, SAM.gov debarments, CMS nursing-home records, BLS industry safety benchmarks, OSHA ITA self-reported injury rates, SEC enforcement and financial disclosures, CPSC and NHTSA recalls.
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Contact sales →Frequently asked
- What is WISKERCHEN CHEESE, LLC's OSHA violation history?
- WISKERCHEN CHEESE, LLC has 4 OSHA inspections on record with 30 violations and $48,221 in total penalties.
- How does WISKERCHEN CHEESE, LLC's safety record compare to its industry?
- WISKERCHEN CHEESE, LLC operates in the cheese manufacturing industry. The industry average Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) is 4.3. WISKERCHEN CHEESE, LLC's self-reported DART rate is 3.34 compared to an industry average of 3.