OSHA Injury Report: Interamerican Foods Corporation

At a glance

Where did this happen?

What was the outcome?

Before the incident

Employee was performing a cleaning operation changing filters in the silos’ top floor and bringing some used filter cages down to the bottom floor for them to be disposed of.

What happened

The employee stated that as part of a cleaning operation they changed filters in the silos’ top floor and needed to bring some used filter cages down to the bottom floor for them to be disposed of. The employee used a trash can to carry the cages and decided to put ten of them inside the can to avoid going up and down the stairs many times since silos area is 5 floors high and is a hot place to be working in. When pulling the trash can down the stairs one of the cages shifted and hit the employee on their superior right side of their face (right eyebrow) causing a cut.

Injury or illness

Cut Laceration (Superior Right Side of Face Right Eyebrow)

Object or substance involved

Filter Cages

Summary line

Cut Laceration (Superior Right Side of Face Right Eyebrow)

Employee and industry

When (timing detail)

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.