Inspection Detail

Inspection: 315067991 - Baloian Farms

Inspection Information - Office: Fresno District Office

Inspection Nr: 315067991

Report ID: 0950625

Date Opened: 01/04/2011

Site Address:
Baloian Farms
446 N. Blythe Ave
Fresno, CA 93706

Mailing Address:
P O Box 11337, Fresno, CA 93772

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: 08/10/2011

Emphasis: S:Agriculture (Aship)

Case Closed: 08/15/2011

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	361649551

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 201494887

Event: 08/28/2010

Employee Is Caught Between Forklift and Pallet, and Injured

At approximately 11:45 a.m. on August 28, 2010, Employee #1 was using a forklift to load a truck trailer with pallets filled with cartons. During the operation, a top layer of cartons caught the trailer's top edge. He climbed around the front upright safety cage to push back the cartons when his foot struck the mast control lever. The mast assembly moved, pinning him between the forklift and a pallet. He sustained crushing injuries that included blunt force chest trauma, pulmonary contusions, and left transverse process fractures of the twelfth thoracic through third lumbar vertebrae. Emergency medical personnel were summoned and transported him to a medical center where he received medical attention and was hospitalized.

Keywords: CHEST, FRACTURE, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, PALLET, CONTUSION

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	315067991			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Supervisors; handlers,equip-cleaners,laborers nec

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