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OSHA Injury Report: Mercer Foods

Injury · Other recordable case

On , an injury at Mercer Foods in Modesto, CA 95354 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was plant Maintenance Technician 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
outside boiler room
Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

cutting a sheet of plywood with skill saw

EE states they were cutting a sheet of plywood with a skill saw while wearing his PPE and some wood dust particles got into the right eye

foreign body of right eye abrasion of right cornea

dust particles from skill saw

foreign body of right eye abrasion of right cornea skill saw

Job description
Plant Maintenance Technician
SOC code
49-9041 — Industrial Machinery Mechanics
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 #
27
Date of incident
Shift started
5:00
Time of incident
8:30
Filing year
2024
Submitted
05FEB2025:18:25:00

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.