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OSHA Injury Report: United Fruit and Produce

Injury · Days away from work

At a glance

On , an injury at United Fruit and Produce in 55 Produce Row, St. Louis, MO 63102 resulted in days away from work. Employee was maintenance in produce, fresh, merchant wholesalers.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
United Fruit and Produce
Parent company
United Fruit and Produce
Street
55 Produce Row
City
St. Louis
State
MO
ZIP
63102
On-site location
Fresh Cut's dry storage room.

What was the outcome?

Outcome
Days away from work (code 2)
Type
Injury (code 1)
Days away from work
46
Days restricted or transferred
212

Before the incident

Was doing weekly maintenance to a forklift with another coworker.

What happened

Both employees were working on maintenance on a forklift and they removed the tires to lubricate and clean it so they used a jack to lift the forklift to remove the tires. The injured employee was going to put the tire back after finishing. While doing so the jack lost power and the forklift went down. Leaving their hand between the forklift and the tire.

Injury or illness

Their whole left hand including fingers.

Object or substance involved

Fresh Cut 's forklift (SC5245-35) and jack (LT2209058).

Summary line

Crushed left hand from a forklift.

Employee and industry

Job description
Maintenance
SOC code
37-2011 — Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners
NAICS code
424480 — Produce, fresh, merchant wholesalers
NAICS vintage
2012
Avg employees
400
Total hours worked
300000
Establishment ID
930344
Employer case #
11

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
17:00
Time of incident
23:30
Filing year
2025
Submitted
27FEB26:21:27:00

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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.