Watsonville, CA —
OSHA Injury Report: Watsonville Distribution Center
Injury · Job transfer or restriction
At a glance
On , an injury at Watsonville Distribution Center in Watsonville, CA 95076 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was forklift Driver III in cold storage warehousing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Watsonville Distribution Center
- Parent company
- Driscoll's, Inc.
- Street
- 1750 San Juan Rd.
- City
- Watsonville
- State
- CA
- ZIP
- 95076
- On-site location
- Precool Room in Main Cooler
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days restricted or transferred
- 71
Before the incident
EE was operating forklift in the precool area
What happened
EE was driving a forklift. He approached cables that support the tarps of the precool tunnels. He backed up too far causing 1 of the cables to wrap around the forklifts light. The tarp cable got caught on his back up light of the forklift. Cable to tarp snapped and the counter weight fell hitting employee head
Injury or illness
laceration to scalp
Object or substance involved
counter weight from pre-cool tunnel tarp
Summary line
tarp cable snapped off; counter weight hit employee 's head
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Forklift Driver III
- SOC code
- 53-7051 — Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators
- NAICS code
- 493120 — Cold storage warehousing
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Avg employees
- 203
- Total hours worked
- 262318
- EIN
- 941237296
- Establishment ID
- 406846
- Employer case #
- 27
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 7:00
- Time of incident
- 20:30
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted
- 26FEB26:23:47:00
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.