# Dislocation of joints at Grande Cheese Company
> OSHA SIR `2022032435` · 3/17/2022 · FOND DU LAC, WISCONSIN
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Knee(s)
- **Nature of injury:** Dislocation of joints
## Cause
- **Event:** Struck by falling object or equipment, n.e.c.
- **Source:** Dairy products
- **Secondary source:** Skids, pallets
## Employer
- **Name:** Grande Cheese Company
- **Location:** 246 Trowbridge Drive, FOND DU LAC, WISCONSIN, 54935
- **NAICS:** 311513
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee removed the top wheel from a stack of cheese wheels on a pallet. The next couple of wheels fell against the employee's knee, dislocating the employee's kneecap.

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*Source: [OSHA Severe Injury Reports](https://www.osha.gov/severe-injury-reports) · MORVS · CC0 1.0*