OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221375728

NATURE JOY HARVEST LLC

BLYTHE, CA· 2021-06-16T00:00:00

Event: Agriculture, Cut, Fall, Fall On Same Level, Farm, Farm Machinery, Farm worker, Hand, Hand Tool, Harvesting, Laceration, Loading, Slip, Slippery Surface, Walking Surface, Work Surface
NAICS: 115115
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #345444947
Employer profile: NATURE JOY HARVEST LLC
Summary number: 221375728
Report ID: 0950633

Event description

Employee lacerates hand in slip and fall onto hand tool

Investigation abstract

At 7:00 a.m. on June 16, 2021, an employee working as a farm worker for a farm admitted to treat a laceration to his hand. labor contractor was working in an agricultural field. The employee was overseeing watermelon harvesting operations for the contractor as a full time supervisor for the company. At approximately 6:00 a.m., the employee arrived at the work site. While coworkers were harvesting the fruit, the employee saw that the crew was having trouble loading fruit onto a tractor with trailer attached. The employee began to make his way to the area where the crew was working when he slipped and landed on a sharp tool he was carrying. The employee was taken to the local hospital and then transported to another hospital, where he was

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 58 M

Event type
4

Occupation code
479

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