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Inspection Detail
Inspection: 306361494 - Westrow Inc
Inspection Information - Office: Fresno District Office
Site Address:
Westrow Inc
2mi So Of Kamm/1.5mi W Of Lassen Ave
Helm, CA 93632
Mailing Address:
3265 W Fig Garden Ave, Fresno, CA 93711
Union Status: NonUnion
SIC:0711
NAICS: 115112/ Soil Preparation, Planting, and Cultivating
Inspection Type: Accident
Scope: Partial
Advanced Notice: N
Ownership: Private
Safety/Health: Safety
Close Conference: 04/14/2006
Emphasis: S:Agriculture (Aship)
Case Closed: 12/26/2008
| Type | Activity Nr | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accident | 362101982 |
| Violations/Penalties | Serious | Willful | Repeat | Other | Unclass | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Initial Violations | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Current Violations | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Initial Penalty | $3,375 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $3,375 |
| Current Penalty | $3,375 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $3,375 |
| FTA Penalty | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| # | Citation ID | Citaton Type | Standard Cited | Issuance Date | Abatement Due Date | Current Penalty | Initial Penalty | FTA Penalty | Contest | Latest Event | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 01001 | Serious | 3653 A | 06/19/2006 | 06/29/2006 | $3,375 | $3,375 | $0 | - |
Investigation Summary
Employee #1 and his coworkers had returned to their work areas following their lunch break at approximately 1:00 p.m. At that time, Employee #1 had seemed fine and healthy. Employee #1 returned to a Komotsu D60 1740 tractor, and continued discing the edges of the fields. There were no witnesses to the accident. The path made by the tractor indicates that Employee #1 pulled up along the service road. While turning east, he apparently noticed an irrigation pipe in his path. It appears that he then backed up and jack knifed the trailer and the drag-type disc. The draw bar broke and was run over by the tracks of the tractor. The tractor then proceeded north, for approximately .5 miles and stopped in the headwater ditch. Employee #1's hat was found west of the track prints and just north of the disc. His body was 51 feet north of where the draw bar snapped. Employee #1 apparently dismounted the tractor without preventing the tractor from moving. The tractor started moving north, and Employee #1 apparently ran to the right side of it in order to stop the machine. Employee #1 was approximately 5-ft 7-in. tall. The rotating tracks are 35-in. tall and it is an additional 2 feet to the floor of the cab, for a total of 5 feet. In his effort to reach the operator's cab, his clothing became caught and shredded in the metal tracks of the tractor. When Employee #1's shirt finally ripped loose, he was thrown from the tracks and then run over. Employee #1s body was found by the foreman at approximately 3:00 p.m., and the Fresno County Coroner pronounced him dead at the site.
Keywords: BRAKE, AGRICULTURE, FARM MACHINERY, MACHINE OPERATOR, CRUSHED, TRACTOR, RUN OVER, WORK SURFACE
| # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree of Injury | Nature of Injury | Occupation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 306361494 | Fatality | Other | Machine operators, not specified |