Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 169377.015 - Employee is killed when crushed between nut orchard bank out

Accident Summary Nr: 169377.015 -- Report ID: 0950647 -- Event Date: 08/12/2024
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1768361.015	08/12/2024		111335	Wonderful Orchards, Llc

Abstract: At 7:30 a.m. on August 12, 2024, an employee working as an equipment operator for an almond orchard was operating an almond elevator in one of the orchard rows. The elevator is used to unload almonds from a Thomas Nut Bank Out onto trailers. The employee was standing next to the bank out when a second bank out turned into the row across from where the employee was standing. The rear of the second bank out pinned the employee against the first bank out as it turned. The employee died due to being crushed between the two pieces of equipment.

Keywords: Agriculture, Agriculture Machinery/Vehicle, Caught Between, Crushed, Elevator, Equipment Operator, Farm, Farm Machinery, Farm worker, Fracture, Harvesting, Material Handling, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Pinned, Struck Against, Struck By, Torso, Unloading, Unsafe Position

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1768361.015	55	M	Fatality		Farm workers

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