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OSHA Injury Report: Mercer Foods

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

On , an injury at Mercer Foods in Modesto, CA 95354 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was general Labor in freeze-dried, food processing, fruits and vegetables.

Establishment
Mercer Foods
Parent company
Mercer Foods
Street
1836 Lapham Dr
City
Modesto
State
CA
ZIP
95354
On-site location
Inside Blast Freezer 1
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
4

moving a trolley of product

EE states that while he was moving a trolley of product inside the blast freezer another employee that was behind him pushed another trolly in his direction and caught him between the two trolley 's. He felt pain on left side of chest (ribcage) and on the left side of his back.

contusion bruising

struck by moving object

contusion bruising chest wall L1 vertebra struck by object

Job description
General Labor
SOC code
53-7062 — Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand
NAICS code
311423 — Freeze-dried, food processing, fruits and vegetables
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
442
Total hours worked
884894
Establishment ID
995458
Employer case #
9
Date of incident
Shift started
7:00
Time of incident
13:25
Filing year
2024
Submitted
04FEB2025:22:47:00

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2024. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.