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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
Tray Washer Rm. 65
Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
33

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EE states they were starting to move an empty rack to the other side of the room when he walked into another rack which was full of trays. His elbow drove into the second rack which caught his arm between the two racks hurting his left wrist

contusion bruising

contact with a moving object operator error

contusion bruising left wrist 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 #
10
Date of incident
Shift started
15:00
Time of incident
21:35
Filing year
2024
Submitted
04FEB2025:22:52:00

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.