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OSHA Injury Report: Mercer Foods

Injury · Days away from work

On , an injury at Mercer Foods in Modesto, CA 95354 resulted in days away from work. Employee was process Lead 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
Expansion Floor near Pre Loading Room 2
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
39

Bringing product into room

EE states they were pulling a pallet of product into the room when she slipped and fell backwards on product on the floor causing her to hit her head on the floor and her leg and knee of the pallet jack causing pain to back as well

sprain strain contusion bruising

STF - product on the floor

head contusion right foot sprain lower back strain

Job description
Process Lead
SOC code
51-3099 — Food Processing Workers, All Other
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 #
20
Date of incident
Shift started
5:00
Time of incident
11:26
Filing year
2024
Submitted
05FEB2025:17:40:00

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.