Modesto, CA —
OSHA Injury Report: Mercer Foods
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Mercer Foods in Modesto, CA 95354 resulted in days away from work. Employee was sanitation Lead 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
- Equipment wash area of Expansion
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 2
Before the incident
EE was checking dicer equipment after it came back from maintenance for drum rotation issue
What happened
EE states they were inspecting the drum of the RA (dicer) machine. EE was not wearing appropriate or required PPE (chain gloves) and did not check to see if the blade was in place which caused an avulsion of the tip of his finger.
Injury or illness
cut avulsion of middle right tip of finger
Object or substance involved
RA machine (dicer)
Summary line
avulsion of middle right tip of finger dicer not wearing proper PPE
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Sanitation Lead
- SOC code
- 53-7061 — Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment
- 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 #
- 23
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 5:00
- Time of incident
- 12:40
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted
- 05FEB2025:17:54:00
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.