2,042,423Injury reports 130,778Establishments Most recent incident 2025-12-31
Safety Incidents OSHA Severe Injury Reports · 2015–2025

Caldwell, ID —

OSHA Injury Report: GF Idaho Plant - Caldwell

Injury · Other recordable case

At a glance

On , an injury at GF Idaho Plant - Caldwell in 16733 Simplot Blvd, Caldwell, ID 83607 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was heavy Mobile Equipment Operator in frozen fruit, juice and vegetable manufacturing.

Where did this happen?

Establishment
GF Idaho Plant - Caldwell
Parent company
JR Simplot Co.
Street
16733 Simplot Blvd
City
Caldwell
State
ID
ZIP
83607
On-site location
Loading Dock

What was the outcome?

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

Before the incident

Driving forklift

What happened

Employee was working on an inbound. One of the pallets had damage cases at the bottom. So the employee used the clamp machine to move the good cases off of the damaged case. Once the good cases had been set aside the team began picking up the damaged cases. The team stacked a couple cases onto the good pallet. As the employee leaned over to pick up a case that had product coming out the side he felt a shooting pain in his lower back that caused him to release the case immediately and grab hold

Injury or illness

back strain

Object or substance involved

Picking up a case

Summary line

Employee leaned over to pick up a case that had product coming out the side he felt a shooting pain in his lower back that caused him to release the case immediately and grab hold of the clamp to get his balance.

Employee and industry

Job description
Heavy Mobile Equipment Operator
SOC code
53-7199 — Material Moving Workers, All Other
NAICS code
311411 — Frozen fruit, juice and vegetable manufacturing
NAICS vintage
2022
Avg employees
561
Total hours worked
1222726
EIN
820196611
Establishment ID
1155857
Employer case #
20233739

When (timing detail)

Date of incident
Shift started
6:00:00.000
Time of incident
11:00:00.000
Submitted
23FEB24:20:16:00

More injuries at GF Idaho Plant - Caldwell

View GF Idaho Plant - Caldwell's full OSHA safety record →

More injuries in this industry (NAICS 311411)

More injuries in ID

POST FALLS, ID—

WM 4395

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.