OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221401631

WMJ FARMS, INC.

DINUBA, CA· 2021-06-29T00:00:00

Event: Agriculture, Dehydration, Farm, Farm worker, Fruit, Harvesting, Heat, Heat Exhaustion, Heat index, Heat-related illness, Illness, Injury Illness Prevention Program, Overheated, Water
NAICS: 115114
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #345571533
Employer profile: WMJ FARMS, INC.
Summary number: 221401631
Report ID: 0950625

Event description

Employee sustains heat syncope, becomes dehydrated while pic

Investigation abstract

At 11:30 a.m. on June 29, 2021, an employee was working with a crew at a stone fruit orchard picking plums by hand. The worker is a regular employee of the employer. The employee was hand-picking plums when he began to feel unwell. The employee was hospitalized to treat heat syncope due to dehydration.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 33 M

Event type
14

Occupation code
0

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