EE Hall, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Incident on May 4, 2020: Employee injures foot when hit by equipment

At 5:27 p.m. on May 4, 2020, an employee, an equipment operator, was operating a strip sprayer machine. The equipment was used to spray chemicals on almond trees. The employee was standing next to the equipment, when the operator inside the cab hit the joystick, causing the equipment to move and strike the employee. The employee suffered an unspecified serious injury to his lower right foot, and he had surgery on May 5, 2020 at Kaiser Vacaville and was later transferred to Kaiser in San Jose for recovery. The employee was hospitalized.

Incident on May 14, 2019: Employee is injured when splashed with chemical fertilizer

At approximately 3:00 p.m. on May 14, 2019, an employee was shutting the pump used to inject fertilizer into the mechanized drip system when the hose was disconnected and splashed the employee with the liquid fertilizer. The employee connected a 2-inch diameter hose (green color) from the plastic container to the pump ( Honda: Model WB20XT). From the pump, a 1-inch diameter hose (blue color) was connected, and the other end was connected to a black pipe which is part of the mechanized drip system. After approximately 40 minutes of applying fertilizer through the system, the employee had to shut down the system by shutting the valve from the plastic tank first. Then shut the valve of the blue color hose from the black pipe second. Third, he was attempting to stop the engine of the pump. At this time, pressure started building within the blue hose connection to the pump. As the employee was reaching to turn the red button to the off position, the liquid fertilizer splashed to the arms, thigh, and chest. The employee was hospitalized for these injuries.

Incident on Aug 27, 2018: Employee cleaning sweeper sustains amputation of fingertip

At 2:30 p.m. on August 27, 2018, an employee was working for a farm labor contractor and crew leader. He was cleaning an air intake of a sweeper. The employee had parked his sweeper on a slope. He was cleaning the top of the air intake of the sweeper next to his right hand. His left hand slipped into the door jamb, and the door slammed on it. The employee sustained the amputation of his fingertip. He was treated and released from the emergency room in two hours. He was not hospitalized.

Incident on Aug 3, 2018: Employee catches hand under motor hood when it falls and fra

At 1:30 p.m. on August 3, 2018, an employee was using an air compressor to clean a nut sweeper in an almond field. The employee raised the motor hood on the right side of the sweeper and fractured his left hand's pinky finger when the hood struck him. The employee was hospitalized.

Incident on May 15, 2017: Employee falls from ladder and fractures leg

At 10:45 a.m. on May 15, 2017, an employee was harvesting cherries using a ten foot tri-pod ladder. The employee was descending the ladder when he reached out to pick some fruit from the middle of the tree. The employee fell approximately six feet when the ladder slipped and the employee fractured their left leg. their left leg.