Tulare, CA —
OSHA Injury Report: Land O'Lakes
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Land O'Lakes in Tulare, CA 93274 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was maintenance Mechanic in creamery butter manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Land O'Lakes
- Parent company
- Land O'Lakes
- Street
- 400 South M Street
- City
- Tulare
- State
- CA
- ZIP
- 93274
- On-site location
- Evap 6 Exhaust Fan
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 180
Before the incident
Employee was replacing the belts on the exhaust fans locates on the rooftop of evap 6
What happened
The fans were locked out and the employee was wearing gloves. Once the belts were secured the employee began tightening them and checking the tension with his left index and middle finger. at that point air pushed through the fan causing the shaft and belt to move
Injury or illness
Left hand index and middle finger were partially amputated by being pinched between the belt and pulley
Object or substance involved
Belt and pulley on the exhaust fan
Summary line
Partial amputation of left index& middle finger
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Maintenance Mechanic
- SOC code
- 49-9041 — Industrial Machinery Mechanics
- NAICS code
- 311512 — Creamery butter manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 457
- Total hours worked
- 935590
- EIN
- 410365145
- Establishment ID
- 849948
- Employer case #
- 24-4
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 6:00
- Time of incident
- 12:25
- Filing year
- 2024
- Submitted
- 27FEB2025:17:06:00
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.