Inspection Detail

Inspection: 112057336 - Richard Bagdasarian Inc

Inspection Information - Office: San Bernardino District Office

Inspection Nr: 112057336

Report ID: 0950633

Date Opened: 04/01/1992

Site Address:
Richard Bagdasarian Inc
Avenue 58 & Buchanan Street
Thermal, CA 92274

Mailing Address:
65500 Lincoln Street, Mecca, CA 92254

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:0174

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Complete

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 04/30/1992

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 05/12/1992

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	361325582

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	1					1
Current Violations	1					1
Initial Penalty	$1,600	$0	$0	$0	$0	$1,600
Current Penalty	$1,600	$0	$0	$0	$0	$1,600
FTA Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0

Violation Items
#	Citation ID	Citaton Type	Standard Cited	Issuance Date	Abatement Due Date	Current Penalty	Initial Penalty	FTA Penalty	Contest	Latest Event	Note
1.	01001	Serious	3664 A Y	05/07/1992	04/01/1992	$1,600	$1,600	$0		-

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 170192959

Event: 04/01/1992

Employee killed when he runs into loaded lift truck

At approximately 10:00 a.m. on April 1, 1992, Employee #1, a fruit picker for Richard Bagdasarian, Inc., was a member of a crew picking grapefruit from a grove of trees in Mecca, CA. Torrential rain started falling. Employee #1 and coworkers were running down an access road toward their cars to escape the rain. At the same time, a lift truck was hauling full boxes of fruit out of the grove to be loaded onto a truck and hauled to the processing sheds. As the lift truck approached them from the back of the grove on the access road, coworkers yelled to Employee #1 that the lift truck was coming. Employee #1 had placed his picking bag over his head and shoulders as he ran to keep the rain off. Apparently he did not hear the lift truck or the shouts of warning. Employee #1 ran into the path of the lift truck and was struck by the boxes that were being hauled. Employee #1 sustained head injuries and was killed.

Keywords: STORM, HEAD, AGRICULTURE, OBSTRUCTED VIEW, COLLISION, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, NOISE, STRUCK BY

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	112057336			Fatality	Other	Farm workers

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