OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221404767

KIRSCHENMAN ENTERPRISES INC

ARVIN, CA· 2021-05-22T00:00:00

Event: ATV, Agriculture, Agriculture Machinery/Vehicle, Amputated, Amputation, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Chest, Driving, Farm, Farm Machinery, Farm worker, Foot, Ground, Head, Helmet, Irrigation Equipment, Irrigation Pipe, Laceration, Lost Control, Motor Vehicle, Motorcycle, Pipe, Roll-Over, Struck Against, Struck By, Surgical Amputation, Toe, Uneven Ground
NAICS: 111219
Inspection type: Accident-driven
Activity number: #345492243
Employer profile: KIRSCHENMAN ENTERPRISES INC
Summary number: 221404767
Report ID: 0950647

Event description

Employee sustains multiple injuries in ATV rollover, toes ar

Investigation abstract

At 3:30 p.m. on May 22, 2021, an employee working as an irrigator for a produce farm was operating a 2019 Honda TRX250 all terrain vehicle (ATV) while overseeing the irrigation of tomato fields. While driving the ATV westbound on a dirt road between the fields, the employee hit a pipe that was sticking up from the ground the south side of the road. The ATV flipped and landed on top of the employee causing multiple injuries to his head, foot and chest. The employee was not wearing a helmet at the time of the accident. The employee was hospitalized with a foot injury that required his fourth and fifth toes be surgically amputated. He also sustained a head injury and a laceration to his chest.

Victim

#1 Hospitalized Age 64 M

Event type
1

Occupation code
889

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