Inspection Detail
Inspection: 314823485 - Salgado Labor
Inspection Information - Office: Van Nuys District Office
Site Address:
Salgado Labor
On Jackson About 100 Meters Fr. Popular
Mcfarland, CA 93250
Mailing Address:
526 8th St., Mcfarland, CA 93250
Union Status: NonUnion
SIC:0761
NAICS: 115115/Farm Labor Contractors and Crew Leaders
Inspection Type: Accident
Scope: Partial
Advanced Notice: N
Ownership: Private
Safety/Health: Safety
Close Conference: 06/24/2011
Emphasis:
Case Closed: 02/14/2012
Type | Activity Nr | Safety | Health |
---|---|---|---|
Accident | 102635349 |
Violations/Penalties | Serious | Willful | Repeat | Other | Unclass | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Initial Violations | 4 | 4 | ||||
Current Violations | 4 | 4 | ||||
Initial Penalty | $0 | $0 | $0 | $1,500 | $0 | $1,500 |
Current Penalty | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
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 | Other | 14300041 A | 06/24/2011 | 07/19/2011 | $0 | $375 | $0 | 07/07/2011 | J - ALJ Decision | |
2. | 01002 | Other | 3203 B | 06/24/2011 | 07/19/2011 | $0 | $375 | $0 | 07/07/2011 | J - ALJ Decision | |
3. | 01003 | Other | 3439 B | 06/24/2011 | 07/19/2011 | $0 | $375 | $0 | 07/07/2011 | J - ALJ Decision | |
4. | 01004 | Other | 3395 F03 | 06/24/2011 | 07/19/2011 | $0 | $375 | $0 | 07/07/2011 | J - ALJ Decision |
Investigation Summary
At approximately 4:30 p.m. on December 27, 2010, Employee #1 was working as a laborer at an orchard. Employee #1 was pruning young almond trees for a farm labor contractor with several other people in a crew. The crew had finished one block of trees and was going to move to an adjacent block down a dirt road. The owner of the company was going to move a portable toilet facilities trailer ahead of the employees. He attached the trailer to a pickup truck and started moving it slowly down the dirt road. Employee #1 witnessed another employee jump on the trailer to ride it down the private dirt road to the next block. Employee #1 also jumped on the trailer and held on to a vertical bar on the trailer with his left hand. The owner who was driving the trailer did not know that employees had jumped on the trailer. The trailer hit a bump on the dirt road and Employee #1 lost his grip. He fell backward approximately two feet and hit his head on the ground. Employee #1 was taken by the company's owner to Delano Medical Center and then transferred to San Joaquin Medical Center. At the hospital, Employee #1 was placed in an induced coma to relieve swelling in his brain. He was discharged from the hospital on February 3, 2011. No accident-related citations were issued.
Keywords: HEAD, UNEVEN GROUND, AGRICULTURE, FARM MACHINERY, STRUCK AGAINST, RIDING ON EQUIPMENT, FALL, TRAILER, LOST BALANCE, BRAIN
# | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree of Injury | Nature of Injury | Occupation |
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1 | 314823485 | Hospitalized injury | Concussion | Laborers, except construction |