Duran Contracting, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Incident on Nov 25, 2012: Powered industrial lift truck hits and injures worker

At approximately 1:00 p.m. on November 25, 2013, Employee #1, a 23-year-old fema le farm laborer with Duran Contracting Inc, was crossing the orange grove and wa s carrying a full sack of oranges. Employee #1 had been picked oranges and put t he oranges into a sack that she carried around her shoulder. The sack would be e mptied into bins that were positioned inside the rows and the forklift operator would position the empty bins in the rows and take the bins away after they are filled with oranges. As Employee #1 crossed the orange grove, carrying a full sa ck of oranges, she slipped on a small embankment and collided with a model numbe r HP5000 Harlo Forklift that was coming down the orange grove row. Employee #1 s lipped and struck the step on the left side of the forklift that. The step that Employee #1 fell onto was approximately 16 in. off the ground and located betwee n the front and rear tire of the forklift. Employee #1 sustained a 12 cm. lacera tion inside her inner thigh and a small fracture of left pubic bone. The employe r was primarily engaged in supplying labor for agricultural work and Employee #1 work directly for the farm labor contractor.