Fisher Ranch, LLC: OSHA inspections and violations

Incident on Jun 6, 2019 (fatal): Employee is struck by bailer on forklift and is killed

At 3:03 p.m. on June 6, 2019, an employee and a coworker were operating a forklift that had a pallet of cardboard which the employee was sliding into the bailer. The employee was struck by the bailer when it fell onto him as his coworker pulled on it, killing him.

Incident on May 31, 2013: Employee dies from preexisting condition

On May 31, 2013, Employee #1 died from a preexisting condition.

Incident on Dec 16, 2003: Employee's hand is crushed in farm machinery

At approximately 3:30 p.m. on December 16, 2003, Employee #1 was working as a re gular employee of the Fisher Ranch, which grows corn, wheat, hay, and cotton. He and a coworker were using a cotton module compactor. Employee #1's coworker was sitting at the controls and operating the equipment. Employee #1 was on the gro und throwing loose cotton into the cotton module equipment. To clean the machine ry, Employee #1 climbed onto the cotton module equipment using a metal ladder an d reached over the two feet from where he was standing. As he was cleaning the m achinery, the two pieces of metal that compact the cotton came together and caug ht his right hand, crushing it. Employee #1 was taken to Palo Verde Hospital in Blythe, CA, and was transferred to Good Samaritan Hospital in Phoenix, AZ. He re quired hospitalization for five days. Employee #1 had three surgeries, which inc luded installing pins inside his right hand.