Bergen, NY —
OSHA Injury Report: Nortera Foods Bergen
Injury · Days away from work
At a glance
On , an injury at Nortera Foods Bergen in Bergen, NY 14416 resulted in days away from work. Employee was mechanic in vegetable processing(frozen).
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- Nortera Foods Bergen
- Parent company
- Nortera Foods
- Street
- 15 Church St
- City
- Bergen
- State
- NY
- ZIP
- 14416
- On-site location
- High Pressure Pump Room
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Days away from work (code 2)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
- Days away from work
- 5
Before the incident
Employee removed the cover to a belt on a high pressure pump. He turned the pump off but did not wait for the equipment to be fully de-energized and he did not perform lockout tagout.
What happened
Employee removed the cover to a belt on a high pressure pump he leaned forward and his fingers were caught on the belt resulting in two fractures and a laceration. Employee was taken to the hospital and returned to work after 5 days.
Injury or illness
Laceration of the right middle finger closed fracture of the left index finger open fracture of the left middle finger.
Object or substance involved
High pressure pump belt
Summary line
Employee was checking the function of a high pressure pump. He turned the pump of but failed to lock it out. He removed a cover and a belt was still running. The belt caught his fingers resulting in a laceration and two fractures.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- Mechanic
- SOC code
- 49-9041 — Industrial Machinery Mechanics
- NAICS code
- 311411 — Vegetable processing(frozen)
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Avg employees
- 90
- Total hours worked
- 273806
- EIN
- 454770767
- Establishment ID
- 657109
- Employer case #
- 5
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 20:21:00.000
- Time of incident
- 4:25:00.000
- Submitted
- 03MAR24:01:10:00
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.