OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221379258

DL FARM MANAGEMENT, INC.

SANTA MARIA, CA· 2021-05-08T00:00:00

Event: Agriculture, Agriculture Machinery/Vehicle, Amputated, Amputation, Caught Between, Collision, Farm, Farm Machinery, Farm worker, Finger, Fingertip, Flatbed Trailer, Hand, Harvesting, Instantaneous amputation, Laborer, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Motor Vehicle, Partial Amputation, Pinch Point, Pinched, Staffing Agency, Temporary, Temporary Employment Agency, Temporary Worker, Trailer, Traumatic Amputation
NAICS: 111998
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #345464929
Employer profile: DL FARM MANAGEMENT, INC.
Summary number: 221379258
Report ID: 0950643

Event description

Employee amputates two fingertips when caught between traile

Investigation abstract

At 12:12 p.m. on May 8, 2021, an employee working as a laborer for a farm staffing service was working on a crew that had finished harvesting strawberries for the day. The employees got on the flat-bed trailer along with three coworkers. The trailer was hooked to a tractor to ride back to their vehicles. The tractor driver made a right turn onto a dirt road in the strawberry field and hit a fertilizer trailer that was parked on the road. The employee's right hand was caught between the two trailers during the collision. The employee was hospitalized to treat amputations to her ring and pinky fingertips.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 37 F

Event type
2

Occupation code
889

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