Modesto, CA —
OSHA Injury Report: Mercer Foods
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
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.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Mercer Foods
- Parent company
- Mercer Foods
- Street
- 1836 Lapham Dr
- City
- Modesto
- State
- CA
- ZIP
- 95354
- On-site location
- outside boiler room
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
cutting a sheet of plywood with skill saw
What happened
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
Injury or illness
foreign body of right eye abrasion of right cornea
Object or substance involved
dust particles from skill saw
Summary line
foreign body of right eye abrasion of right cornea skill saw
Employee and industry
- 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
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 5:00
- Time of incident
- 8:30
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted
- 05FEB2025:18:25:00
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.