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sanger, CA —

OSHA Injury Report: Initiative Foods

Injury · Job transfer or restriction

At a glance

On , an injury at Initiative Foods in 1945 Industrial way, sanger, CA 93657 resulted in job transfer or restriction. Employee was batchmaster in fruit juice concentrates, frozen, manufacturing.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
Initiative Foods
Parent company
IF CoPack LLC
Street
1945 Industrial way
City
sanger
State
CA
ZIP
93657
On-site location
Kitchen 1945

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Job transfer or restriction (code 3)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days restricted or transferred
22

Before the incident

The employee was placing meet into the meat grinder.

What happened

The employee was breaking down frozen meat and placing it into the meat grinder when the lid came down smashing the employee 's left hand.

Injury or illness

Contusion of the left hand.

Object or substance involved

The top lid of a grinder.

Summary line

Contusion of the left hand. Grinder lid came down smashing employee 's hand.

Employee and industry

Job description
Batchmaster
SOC code
51-3092 — Food Batchmakers
NAICS code
311411 — Fruit juice concentrates, frozen, manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
1865
Total hours worked
3103257400
EIN
821616860
Establishment ID
1513809
Employer case #
5

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
13:00
Time of incident
14:00
Filing year
2025
Submitted
26FEB26:19:26:00

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Source

Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2025. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections — no per-record IMIS deep link exists.