Inspection Detail

Inspection: 300865243 - Becerra Date Ranch

Inspection Information - Office: San Bernardino District Office

Inspection Nr: 300865243

Report ID: 0950633

Date Opened: 03/16/2004

Site Address:
Becerra Date Ranch
83301 Ave 66
Thermal, CA 92274

Mailing Address:
85885 Middleton Street, Thermal, CA 92274

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:0179

NAICS: 111336/Fruit and Tree Nut Combination Farming

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Complete

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 08/16/2004

Emphasis: S:Agriculture (Aship)

Case Closed: 10/09/2006

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	101154722

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations				1		1
Current Violations				1		1
Initial Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$450	$0	$450
Current Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$450	$0	$450
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	2946 B02	08/16/2004	08/19/2004	$450	$450	$0		-

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 201158870

Event: 03/16/2004

Worker Dies When His Ladder Touches an Overhead Power Line

At approximately 7:30 a.m. on Wednesday, March 16, 2004, Employee #1, a 23-year-old Palmero (date farm worker), a regular full-time employee of Bacerra Date Ranch was working in a date grove in Thermal, California. The palmero that Employee #1 was walking across was approximately 50-feett wide with electrical utility easement; he was carrying an aluminum extension ladder vertically at the time and his ladder contacted a 7,200-volt overhead power line. Employee #1 was using an ALACO aluminum extension ladder. The base length of the ladder is 20 feet and it can be extended from 20 to 40 feet. Cal/OSHA measured the ladder where it fell. It was extended to a length of 32-feet and 1-inch. The power line was approximately 30-feet above the ground. Paramedics responded and transported employee #1 to the John F. Kennedy Memorial Hospital, Indio, California where he was pronounced dead at 8:10 a.m.

Keywords: OVERHEAD POWER LINE, LADDER

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	300865243			Fatality	Electric Shock	Farm workers

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