Ontario, CA —
OSHA Injury Report: Tropicale Foods LLC
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Tropicale Foods LLC in Ontario, CA 91762 resulted in days away from work. Employee was industrial Refrigeration Technician in mix, ice cream, manufacturing.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Tropicale Foods LLC
- Parent company
- Tropicale Foods
- Street
- 1237 W State St
- City
- Ontario
- State
- CA
- ZIP
- 91762
- On-site location
- Cooling tower grease line
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 74
- Days restricted or transferred
- 110
Before the incident
Employee was working on a damaged grease line in the cooling tower
What happened
While cutting out the damaged grease line the employee swung their hand back into the moving fan blades resulting in amputation of several fingers on the left hand and a fracture to the left arm
Injury or illness
Amputation of several fingers on the left hand and a fracture to the left arm
Object or substance involved
Moving fan blades
Summary line
Amputation to multiple fingers on the left hand and a fracture to the left arm
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Industrial Refrigeration Technician
- SOC code
- 49-9021 — Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers
- NAICS code
- 311514 — Mix, ice cream, manufacturing
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 375
- Total hours worked
- 399339
- EIN
- 650161093
- Establishment ID
- 1122214
- Employer case #
- 4
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 5:57:00.000
- Time of incident
- 12:40:00.000
- Submitted
- 28FEB24:15:10:00
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.