Porterville, CA—Federal OSHA workplace-safety record

Porterville, CA

2 severe-injury reports between 2015-01-14 and 2015-09-07, 6 OSHA inspections, and 432 Form 300/301 injury filings on federal record in Porterville, California.

California operates its own OSHA-approved State Plan covering private-sector workplaces, so most enforcement in Porterville, CA is state-run. The federal OSHA records on this page cover only workplaces under federal jurisdiction — they are not a complete picture of workplace safety in the city.

2Severe injuries

2Hospitalizations

6OSHA inspections

432Injury filings

Employers with the most severe injuries in Porterville

# Employer Severe-injury reports

1 U.S. FOREST SERVICE PACIFIC SOUTHWEST REGION 1 2 U.S. Postal Service 1

Example incidents

U.S. FOREST SERVICE PACIFIC SOUTHWEST REGION PORTERVILLE, CALIFORNIA · 2015-09-07 · Contact with hot objects or substances
A firefighter was cutting line with the crew around spot fires in very steep terrain. A burning log rolled on top of the firefighter pinning him to the burning ground. The firefighter could not remove the log and neither could a crew member who tried to assist. The firefighter suffered second degree burns to 23 percent of his back and third degree burns to seven percent of his right shoulder, chest, stomach and back of legs.
U.S. Postal Service PORTERVILLE, CALIFORNIA · 2015-01-14 · Contact with objects and equipment, n.e.c.
On 1/14/15, an employee on his mail route accidentally swallowed a pen cap. The pen cap traveled to the employee's lung. The employee was hospitalized.

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Source: federal OSHA Severe Injury Reports, inspections, and ITA Form 300/301 filings. Counts reflect federal jurisdiction only.