Charlotte, NC —
OSHA Injury Report: Tropical Nut & Fruit Company Charlotte
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Tropical Nut & Fruit Company Charlotte in Charlotte, NC 28273 resulted in days away from work. Employee was packer in roasted nuts and seeds manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Tropical Nut & Fruit Company Charlotte
- Parent company
- Tropical Nut & Fruit Company
- Street
- 1100 Continental Blvd.
- City
- Charlotte
- State
- NC
- ZIP
- 28273
- On-site location
- Production area
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 34
Before the incident
The employee was operating the food grinder machine grinding [REDACTED] into crushed toffee. The grinder machine became jammed and she was clearing the jam from the grinder rollers in the grinder roller hopper.
What happened
The employee was clearing a jam in the grinder roller hopper with her hand not a metal scooper and the machine was still running. She had been operating the grinder with the grinder hopper safety cover open and bypassing the safety cover switch. As she was clearing the jam her left hand fingers were caught between the grinder rollers.
Injury or illness
A displaced fracture of the left index finger.
Object or substance involved
The grinder rollers.
Summary line
Displaced fracture of left index finger
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Packer
- SOC code
- 51-9111 — Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders
- NAICS code
- 311911 — Roasted nuts and seeds manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 117
- Total hours worked
- 182472
- EIN
- 561179814
- Establishment ID
- 564507
- Employer case #
- 1
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 15:30:00.000
- Time of incident
- 22:55:00.000
- Submitted
- 16JAN24:21:37:00
Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year unspecified. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.