OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221656606

FOOTHILL PACKING, INC.

SOLEDAD, CA· 2024-04-09T00:00:00

Event: Asphyxiated, Catch Point, Caught By, Cleaning, Clothing, Entangled, Harvester, Harvesting, Industrial Truck, Injury Illness Prevention Program, Lack of Engineering Controls, Lack of oxygen, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Lung, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Neck, PIV, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Pressure Wash
NAICS: 115115
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #347405573
Employer profile: FOOTHILL PACKING, INC.
Summary number: 221656606
Report ID: 0950612

Event description

Employee is killed when clothing becomes entangled in harves

Investigation abstract

At 3:15 p.m. on April 9, 2024, an employee working as a powered industrial vehicle (PIV) operator for a farm labor staffing company was cleaning a leek harvesting machine preparing it for transport to another field. At approximately 5:23 pm, the employee had been washing the machine with a pressure washer when he climbed underneath the left wing of the machine to unfasten pans for cleaning. The machine was still running when his clothing became entangled on the sprocket and sprocket chain. The employee's clothing tightened around his neck strangling him. The employee was transported to the local hospital, where his cause of death was reported as asphyxiation.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 39 M

Event type
2

Occupation code
856

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