St. Louis, MO ·
OSHA Injury Report: United Fruit and Produce
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at United Fruit and Produce in 55 Produce Row, St. Louis, MO 63102 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was line Worker 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 processing room.
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
The employee was operating the manual Redco machine to quarter potatoes and was placing a potato in the machine just before the incident occurred.
What happened
Employee was operating the manual Redco machine to quarter potatoes. After placing a potato they did not remove their hand in time and while pushing the machine’s head with the other hand their two fingers were smashed between the push head and the blade.
Injury or illness
Crushed pinched fingers (two fingers on one hand middle and ring finger).
Object or substance involved
The push head and blade of the manual Redco machine directly harmed the employee.
Summary line
Left-hand middle and ring finger caused by being caught between the push head and blade of the manual Redco machine.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Line Worker
- SOC code
- 00-9900: Insufficient Information - NIOSH
- 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 #
- 24
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 17:00
- Time of incident
- 18:41
- Filing year
- 2025
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2026-03-02
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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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