Inspection Detail

Inspection: 126189158 - Grimmway Enterprises Inc.

Inspection Information - Office: Van Nuys District Office

Inspection Nr: 126189158

Report ID: 0950643

Date Opened: 01/21/2003

Site Address:
Grimmway Enterprises Inc.
6101 Zerker Rd.
Shafter, CA 93263

Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 81498, Bakersfield, CA 93380

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: 06/18/2003

Emphasis: S:Agriculture (Aship)

Case Closed: 06/28/2006

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	362512659

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations				1		1
Current Violations				1		1
Initial Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$375	$0	$375
Current Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$375	$0	$375
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	3650 S09	06/25/2003	06/30/2003	$375	$375	$0		-

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 201115383

Event: 01/21/2002

Employee killed when leg pinned between fork lift and bin

At 3:10 p.m. on December 26, 2002, Employee #1 was working at Grimmway Enterprises, Inc. He was driving a forklift, recycling storage bins from the outside to the inside of the citrus packing area. While outside his forklift skidded on wet ground and went into some storage bins. Employee #1 sustained a lower leg laceration for which he received physician care. When he went back to work on January 18, 2003, he complained of shortness of breath, and was taken to Mercy Hospital in Bakersfield for treatment. On January 19, 2003, he died of cardiopulmonary arrest from a pulmonary thrombo-embolism due to the blunt force trauma to his left leg he received on December 26, 2002.

Keywords: EMBOLISM, LUNG, STORAGE BIN, HEART ATTACK, CAUGHT BETWEEN, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, LACERATION, LEG

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	126189158			Fatality	Cut/Laceration	Laborers, except construction

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