OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221693773

WONDERFUL ORCHARDS, LLC

LOST HILLS, CA— 2024-08-12T00:00:00

Event: Agriculture, Agriculture Machinery/Vehicle, Caught Between, Crushed, Elevator, Equipment Operator, Farm, Farm Machinery, Farm worker, Fracture, Harvesting, Material Handling, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Pinned, Struck Against, Struck By, Torso, Unloading, Unsafe Position
NAICS: 111335
Inspection type: Federal Agency
Activity number: #347683617
Employer profile: WONDERFUL ORCHARDS, LLC
Summary number: 221693773
Report ID: 0950647

Event description

Employee is killed when crushed between nut orchard bank out

Investigation abstract

At 7:30 a.m. on August 12, 2024, an employee working as an equipment operator for an almond orchard was operating an almond elevator in one of the orchard rows. The elevator is used to unload almonds from a Thomas Nut Bank Out onto trailers. The employee was standing next to the bank out when a second bank out turned into the row across from where the employee was standing. The rear of the second bank out pinned the employee against the first bank out as it turned. The employee died due to being crushed between the two pieces of equipment.

Victim

#1 Fatality Age 55 M

Event type
6

Occupation code
479

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