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OSHA Injury Report: Fairfield Cooling Inc

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at Fairfield Cooling Inc in 244 N Fairfield Dr, El Centro, CA 92243 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was maintenance in farm product warehousing and storage, refrigerated.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Fairfield Cooling Inc
Parent company
Fairfield Cooling Inc
Street
244 N Fairfield Dr
City
El Centro
State
CA
ZIP
92243
On-site location
Cooler

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Other recordable case (code 4)
Type
Injury (code 1)

Before the incident

Pressure testing aluminum pipe.

What happened

He started banging on the cap when all of a sudden it flew off with force from water pressure. Employee was thrown back 3 feet. Force of cap and water pressure caused injury.

Injury or illness

Frontal head contusion facial laceration R hand fracture dental trauma sprain left shoulder abdominal wall contusion.

Object or substance involved

Cap and water pressure.

Summary line

Pipe cap exploded causing injury to teeth stomach chin and head

Employee and industry

Job description
Maintenance
SOC code
37-2011 — Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners
NAICS code
493120 — Farm product warehousing and storage, refrigerated
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
41
Total hours worked
87976
EIN
831555286
Establishment ID
418389
Employer case #
4

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
7:00:00.000
Time of incident
11:30:00.000
Filing year
2023
Submitted
11FEB24:21:46:00

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Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.