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DVD Walnut Processing: OSHA inspections and violations

Hanford, California · Tree Nut Farming · NAICS 111335

2inspections
12citation items
$20,225current penalties
Sep 26, 2016last inspection

OSHA has inspected DVD Walnut Processing 2 times in California since 2007.

The latest one began on Sep 26, 2016 after a complaint, in Laton.

Those inspections ended with 12 citation items: 2 serious and 10 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $20,225 and still stand at $20,225.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for farming, fishing and forestry employers since 2015 is $1,440, and DVD Walnut Processing averages $7,625 (1 cited inspection).

1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.

DVD Walnut Processing: OSHA citation items per year, 2007 to 2016
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 341798320 OPENED SEP 26, 2016Closed

Complaint · Partial · Health · 20 employees at the site · Closed Jun 11, 2017

2415 E. Laguna Ave., Laton, CA 93242 · Roasted Nuts and Peanut Butter Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1 Other-than-serious$225$225Dec 22, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 2 Other-than-serious$165$165Dec 22, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 3203(A)
 Other-than-serious$165$165Dec 22, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 4
29 CFR 3203(B)(2)
 Other-than-serious$165$165Dec 22, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 5
29 CFR 3363(A)
 Other-than-serious$165$165Dec 22, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 6
29 CFR 3366(A)
 Other-than-serious$165$165Dec 22, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 7
29 CFR 3395(I)
 Other-than-serious$110$110Dec 22, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 8
29 CFR 6151(E)(1)
 Other-than-serious$165$165Dec 22, 2016Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 4075(A)
 Serious$6,300$6,300Dec 22, 2016Final

Inspection 120145552 OPENED NOV 20, 2007Closed

Accident · Partial · Safety · 6 employees at the site · Closed Feb 8, 2011

4401 15th Ave, Hanford, CA 93230 · Tree Nut Farming · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Nov 20, 2007 (fatal): Employee is killed in fall from pruning stand

On November 20, 2007, Employee #1 was pruning walnut trees in a walnut grove, lo cated in Hanford, California. He was using a weld craft industry powered pruning stand and was working approximately 20 ft to 22 ft above the ground. During thi s pruning operation Employee #1 fell out of the basket and hit the ground with h is head. Employee #1 died before the paramedics arrived. He was taken to the Kin gs Company morgue for autopsy.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 3203 A
 Other-than-serious$900$900Feb 15, 2008Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 3641 E
 Other-than-serious$900$900Feb 15, 2008Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 3641 B01
 Serious$10,800$10,800Feb 15, 2008Final

The rules behind these citations

Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.

29 CFR 2473.2

29 CFR 4300.40

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