Inspection Detail

Inspection: 309369585 - Colusa Produce Corp

Inspection Information - Office: Sacramento District Office

Inspection Nr: 309369585

Report ID: 0950621

Date Opened: 06/28/2006

Site Address:
Colusa Produce Corp
1954 Progress Rd
Meridian, CA 95957

Mailing Address:
Po Box 69, Meridian, CA 95957

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:0723

NAICS: 115114/Postharvest Crop Activities (except Cotton Ginning)

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 06/28/2006

Planning Guide: Safety-Manufacturing

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 11/30/2006

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	101178838

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations				2		2
Current Violations				2		2
Initial Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$330	$0	$330
Current Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$330	$0	$330
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	Other	3203 A	11/03/2006	12/06/2006	$165	$165	$0		-
2.	01002	Other	3668 D	11/03/2006	12/06/2006	$165	$165	$0		-

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 201179991

Event: 05/09/2006

Employee Is Run over by Forklift and Suffers Head Injury

At approximately 10:15 a.m. on May 9, 2006, Employee #1 was cleaning up between storage buildings in a shipping area and Employee #2 was loading trucks with pallets of bagged seed operating a Daewoo G30S-2 forklift, Serial Number 12-06349. Employee #1 was struck by the forklift. Employee #2 was approaching the truck ramp at a low rate of speed, when he thought that he had dropped a bag of seeds. He immediately stopped his forklift and backed up. Employee #2 saw that Employee #1 had been run over, was conscience and bleeding from the left side of his head. Employee #2 stated that he did not see the employee prior to hitting him. The loaded pallet and/or the vertical beams in the shipping area obstructed the driver's vision. The pallets were 48-inches by 40-inches and were stacked approximately 55 inches high. The height of the load was approximately 5.5 feet to 6 feet above the concrete floor. Employee #1 sustained a head laceration when he was run over by the forklift but did not require hospitalization. The employer, Colusa Produce was a bean and seed packaging business.

Keywords: HEAD, AGRICULTURE, OBSTRUCTED VIEW, CLEANING, LACERATION, MECH MAT HANDLING

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	309369585			Non Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Laborers, except construction

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