Jordano's Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Incident on Feb 12, 2022: Employee falls from truck lift gate and incurs multiple inju

At approximately 8:00 a.m. on February 12, 2022, an employee used an electric pallet jack to pull a pallet from the truck onto the liftgate. The employee lowered the arm of the pallet jack, and the pallet jack went forward, hitting the employee in the foot the employee jumped off the lift gate that was elevated 49 inches off the ground, landing on his head and left shoulder on the asphalt. The employee landed on his head and left shoulder on the asphalt and was knocked unconscious. The employee sustained a dislocated shoulder, two fractured ribs, and nine staples in his head. The employee was hospitalized to treat these injuries.

Incident on Feb 18, 2008: Employee fractures spine in fall through ceiling panel

On February 18, 2008, Employee #1 was in the attic area above a ceiling at a job site in Santa Barbara, CA. He was removing a ceiling panel while his supervisor waited below in the basket of a scissor lift. Employee #1 jumped on the panel, which gave way, and he fell past the scissor lift to the floor, fracturing his s pine. The employer was cited with one regulatory and two serious violations of T 8CCR standards.