Castroville, CA —
OSHA Injury Report: Ocean Mist Farms-Farming
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Ocean Mist Farms-Farming in Castroville, CA 95012 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was tRACTOR DRIVER in vegetable and melon farming, vegetable (except potato) and melon dominant crops, field, bedding plants and seed production.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Ocean Mist Farms-Farming
- Parent company
- Ocean Mist Farms
- Street
- 10855 Ocean Mist Parkway
- City
- Castroville
- State
- CA
- ZIP
- 95012
- On-site location
- Ranch B&T
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Employee was connecting hydraulic hoses to a tractor.
What happened
Employee was connecting hydraulic hoses in the tractor and one of the hoses squirted hydraulic oil. Despite wearing eye protection hydraulic oil droplets inadvertently entered both of the employee 's eyes.
Injury or illness
Unspecified acute conjunctivitis. Pinguecula of the right eye. Pterygium of the left eye.
Object or substance involved
Hydraulic oil droplets.
Summary line
Employee was connecting hydraulic hoses to a tractor hydraulic oil sprayed; micro-drops got into both eyes. Initially considered minor but after two weeks eyes have increased redness irritation and light sensitivity.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- TRACTOR DRIVER
- SOC code
- 45-2091 — Agricultural Equipment Operators
- NAICS code
- 111219 — Vegetable and melon farming, vegetable (except potato) and melon dominant crops, field, bedding plants and seed production
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 33
- Total hours worked
- 79297
- EIN
- 940355910
- Establishment ID
- 1097164
- Employer case #
- Field00011
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 5:00:00.000
- Time of incident
- 10:00:00.000
- Submitted
- 02FEB24:19:30:00
Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year unspecified. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.