El Centro, CA ·
OSHA Injury Report: Fairfield Cooling Inc
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at Fairfield Cooling Inc in 244 N Fairfield Dr, El Centro, CA 92243 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was maintenance in farm product warehousing and storage, refrigerated.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Fairfield Cooling Inc
- Parent company
- Fairfield Cooling Inc
- Street
- 244 N Fairfield Dr
- City
- El Centro
- State
- CA
- ZIP
- 92243
- On-site location
- Cooler
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Pressure testing aluminum pipe.
What happened
He started banging on the cap when all of a sudden it flew off with force from water pressure. Employee was thrown back 3 feet. Force of cap and water pressure caused injury.
Injury or illness
Frontal head contusion facial laceration R hand fracture dental trauma sprain left shoulder abdominal wall contusion.
Object or substance involved
Cap and water pressure.
Summary line
Pipe cap exploded causing injury to teeth stomach chin and head
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Maintenance
- SOC code
- 37-2011: Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners
- NAICS code
- 493120: Farm product warehousing and storage, refrigerated
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 41
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 87,976
- EIN
- 831555286
- Establishment ID
- 418389
- Employer case #
- 4
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 07:00
- Time of incident
- 11:30
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-02-11
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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