Deploy HR, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Incident on Dec 1, 2018: Employee struck by pallet on forklift sustains leg fracture

At 4:45 p.m. on December 1, 2018, an employee was working for a temporary staffing agency. He was working at a site that provided warehousing for produce. He had onsite supervision. He was operating a forklift truck. He and his coworkers were pulling produce for shipment. They were using forklifts to pull shipping orders. The employee was in aisle 30 of the site's produce department. He was off his forklift pulling orders. Another forklift operator, who was also pulling orders, moved his forklift forward. The coworker struck the employee in his leg with a pallet. The employee sustained a fractured leg. He was treated at Kaiser Fontana. He was hospitalized. DOSH learned of the incident at 11:45 p.m. on that same day. The reporting was in incompliance with T8 CCR 342. DOSH arrived at the site on January 2, 2019. The cause of the incident was the failure of the coworker operating the forklift to ensure that all other employees were in the clear prior to moving his forklift.

Incident on Feb 8, 2018: Employee catches finger in storage rack post and amputates f

At 7:30 p.m. on February 8, 2018, an employee was moving pallets with a pallet jack and caught his finger in a storage rack post, amputating the employee's ring fingertip from his right hand. The employee was hospitalized.

Incident on May 28, 2012: Driver improperly operating a pallet-jack injures himself

At approximately 8:15 a.m. on May 28, 2012, Employee #1, a 21-year-old male, and a scanner with Deploy Hr Incorporated, was working in the merchandize scanning area of the Scanning Department of the warehousing facility, in Fontana, Califor nia. Employee #1 was moving a large size pedestal fan (on wheels) and a "CROWN, model number PE4500-80-inch rider electric pallet jack, number 215, serial numbe r 6A273587 was in his way. While standing on the floor, Employee #1 attempted to drive forward and inadvertently drove the pallet jack in reverse and his right lower leg got pinned between a six-inches wide and two-inches thick horizontal b ar, of the guard railing and rider platform of the moving pallet jack injuring h im seriously. Employee #1 sustained fracture of right lower leg. Employee #1 was taken to the Arrowhead Regional Medical Center, Colton, California, underwent s urgery and was hospitalized for one week. Employee #1 was a regular employee of the employer. The employer is engaged in supplying work force along with their t raining including management officials for supervising merchandize receiving, st orage and pulling customer orders, processing and preparing them for shipping ou t of the warehouse.