St. Louis, MO ·
OSHA Injury Report: United Fruit and Produce
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at United Fruit and Produce in 55 Produce Row, St. Louis, MO 63102 resulted in days away from work. Employee was maintenance in produce, fresh, merchant wholesalers.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- United Fruit and Produce
- Parent company
- United Fruit and Produce
- Street
- 55 Produce Row
- City
- St. Louis
- State
- MO
- ZIP
- 63102
- On-site location
- Fresh Cut's dry storage room.
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 46
- Days restricted or transferred
- 212
Before the incident
Was doing weekly maintenance to a forklift with another coworker.
What happened
Both employees were working on maintenance on a forklift and they removed the tires to lubricate and clean it so they used a jack to lift the forklift to remove the tires. The injured employee was going to put the tire back after finishing. While doing so the jack lost power and the forklift went down. Leaving their hand between the forklift and the tire.
Injury or illness
Their whole left hand including fingers.
Object or substance involved
Fresh Cut 's forklift (SC5245-35) and jack (LT2209058).
Summary line
Crushed left hand from a forklift.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Maintenance
- SOC code
- 37-2011: Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners
- NAICS code
- 424480: Produce, fresh, merchant wholesalers
- NAICS vintage
- 2012
- Employees at this establishment (2025 average)
- 400
- Hours worked at this establishment (2025 total)
- 300,000
- Establishment ID
- 930344
- Employer case #
- 11
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 17:00
- Time of incident
- 23:30
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-02-27
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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