Ofr Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Incident on Jan 20, 2020: Employee is injured when struck in the face, eye and leg by

At 7:25 a.m. on January 20, 2020, an employee was pulling metal wire for installation of grape vine trellis legs. The employee was cutting wire when she lost control of a piece which came at her very fast and hit her in the face and leg. The employee was struck under the safety glasses and hit her in the left eye, requiring hospitalization.

Incident on Jan 22, 2020: Employee contracts valley fever while managing ranch

At 2:00 p.m. on January 22, 2020, an employee was managing a ranch when he was exposed to Valley Fever spores in the soil. The employee became ill and was hospitalized.

Incident on Oct 2, 2019: Farm worker is injured after jumping from almond sweeper

At 4:00 p.m. on October 2, 2019, an employee was working as a farm worker at a fruit and tree nut farm. Although there was a language barrier, he was not a migrant farm worker. He was operating an almond sweeper. The sweeper's main control lever had disengaged from the transmission. As a result, the employee lost operational control of whether the sweeper would be moving in forward or reverse. The employee panicked because the machine was traveling downhill rapidly. He made a judgement call to stop the sweeper by steering it into a tree and jumping out. This piece of equipment did not have ROPS or a seat belt. As the employee was jumping from the machine, the sweeper hit the tree. The employee's upper body struck the steering wheel before the employee hit the ground. The employee suffered the fracture of multiple ribs on his right side, and one rib punctured a lung. The employee was hospitalized.