Modesto, CA —
OSHA Injury Report: Mercer Foods
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
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.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Mercer Foods
- Parent company
- Mercer Foods
- Street
- 1836 Lapham Dr
- City
- Modesto
- State
- CA
- ZIP
- 95354
- On-site location
- Inside Blast Freezer 1
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 4
Before the incident
moving a trolley of product
What happened
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.
Injury or illness
contusion bruising
Object or substance involved
struck by moving object
Summary line
contusion bruising chest wall L1 vertebra struck by object
Employee and industry
- 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
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 7:00
- Time of incident
- 13:25
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted
- 04FEB2025:22:47:00
Source
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.