Turlock, CA — 2025-12-10

OSHA Injury Report: Sensient Natural Ingredients

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

At a glance

On 2025-12-10, an injury at Sensient Natural Ingredients in Turlock, CA 95380 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was sterilizer Operator in vegetables dehydrating.

Where did this happen?

Establishment: Sensient Natural Ingredients
Parent company: Sensient Natural Ingredients LLC
Street: 151 South Walnut Road
City: Turlock
State: CA
ZIP: 95380
On-site location: Sterilizer UPX

What was the outcome?

Outcome: Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type: Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred: 15

Before the incident

The employee was working in the sterilizer at the time of the incident which is his normal location. The employee went to check the UPX.

What happened

The employee was using a mallet to hit the side of the dosing hopper in order to unstick the product that had built up inside of it. The side of the hopper has an access panel that is held in place by 6 bolts. The employee was holding the mallet and standing beside the equipment in such a way that when he swung the mallet his hand made contact with the bolts.

Injury or illness

When the employees fingers made contact with the bolts his fingers were cut.

Object or substance involved

1 2 bolt protruding from the equipment

Summary line

Cut Finger

Employee and industry

Job description: Sterilizer Operator
SOC code: 51-9012 — Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Mac
NAICS code: 311423 — Vegetables dehydrating
NAICS vintage: 2022
Avg employees: 175
Total hours worked: 579062
EIN: 391743378
Establishment ID: 1373938
Employer case #: 7

When (timing detail)

Date of incident: 2025-12-10
Shift started: 14:00
Time of incident: 15:00
Filing year: 2025
Submitted: 05FEB26:20:27:00

Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.