Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 201078151 - Employee Is Injured in Fall from Ladder Harvesting Avocados

Accident Summary Nr: 201078151 -- Report ID: 0950632 -- Event Date: 06/27/2012
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
315345470	07/05/2012	0179	111339	Cortez Farm Labor Inc

Abstract: At 12:30 p.m. on June 27, 2012, Employee #1, a regular, full-time employee was on a ladder harvesting avocados at the Citrus Avenue grove in Escondido, California. The employer, Cortez Farm Labor, Inc., is a farm labor contractor that has been in business for the past six years harvesting avocados for various entities in North County. The company employs 40 full-time, regular employees. Employee #1 fell from the ladder and suffered unspecified fractures. Employee #1 was hospitalized to treat the fractures.

Keywords: FRACTURE, AGRICULTURE, LADDER, HARVESTER, FALL

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	315345470			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Laborers, except construction

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