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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 machine Operator 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 Unloading Rm 1
Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
6

talking with co-worker and sorting strawberries on conveyor belt

EE states they were working next to the conveyor motor and the the motor belt grabbed his finger causing a pinch injury

pinch injury finger

motor belt for conveyor

pinch injury left index finger

Job description
Machine Operator
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 #
22
Date of incident
Shift started
17:00
Time of incident
22:22
Filing year
2024
Submitted
05FEB2025:17:48:00

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.