Placement Pros: OSHA inspections and violations

Incident on Apr 5, 2012: Employee partially amputates finger in machine

At approximately 5:30 a.m. on April 5, 2012, Employee #1 was conducting normal d uties as a sanitation worker. While cleaning a machine, called a Solbern Can Fil ler, his finger became caught in the bucket gate device located inside the runni ng machine. The pinch point partially amputated his finger. Employee #1 was tran sported to a medical center, where he underwent treatment and was released.

Incident on Dec 2, 2011: Arm caught in conveyor roller

At approximately 7:15 a.m. on December 2, 2011, Employee #1 sustained an arm inj ury while in the course of his normal work duties as general floor help. Employe e #1 was assisting the movement of a conveyor belt by pulling on it near an ungu arded belt pulley. Employee #1's arm was pulled into the in-running nip point as the belt started moving again. He sustained multiple fractures to his left arm, was taken and released from a local hospital that same day.

Incident on Jul 29, 2010: Employee is found unconcscious, suffers unspecified injuries

On July 29, 2010, Employee #1 was working at a raisin packing facility. He was f ound unconscious on the concrete floor. He was taken to a hospital and was hospi talized for twenty-two days for unspecified injuries. It appeared that he slippe d and feel but there were no witnesses and the employee had no memory of the inc ident.

Incident on Nov 10, 2009: Employee's thumb is amputated by chain conveyor

On November 10, 2009, Employee #1, with a temporary personnel staffing service, was monitoring an automatic palletizing machine. While the machine was staging a layer of boxes of oranges, one of the boxes became damaged. When Employee #1 st ood on the staging area platform to repair the box, he slipped. While trying to catch himself, his right thumb became caught between the chain & sprocket. Emplo yee #1 was hospitalized at Valley Industrial Medical Office for an amputation of the thumb.

Incident on Oct 28, 2009: Employee catches finger in conveyor and amputates finger tip

At 2:15 p.m. on October 28, 2009, Employee #1 smashed his left third finger betw een a plastic bin and the frame of the roller style conveyor, amputating the tip of the finger. Employee #1 was transported to Memorial Occupational Medical Cen ter. The Division received notification of the incident that occurred on October 29, 2009 at 8:51 a.m.

Incident on Jun 18, 2009: Employee sustains reported spider bite

Employee #1, a temporary worker, claimed that he was bitten on June 18, 2009, at the Bodek and Rhodes' Warehouse Distribution Center. However, he did not inform his immediate supervisor at the time. Employee #1 was hospitalized for treatmen t. A visual inspection of the facility was performed with emphasis on areas pref erred by venomous arachnids, such as the Black Widow or Brown Recluse. There wer e no observations of arachnids or signs, such as webs, to indicate their presenc e. The facility was orderly, clean and serviced by pest control monthly.

Incident on Mar 3, 2009: Employee's arm is fractured when caught by rollers

On March 3, 2009, Employee #1, a machine operator, was cleaning the conveyor on the packing house production floor. He reached into the conveyor, without turnin g it off, to remove a piece of fruit. The conveyor belt caught his right arm and wrapped it around the end rollers, causing a fracture to his arm. He was hospit alized for treatment. .

Incident on Jan 13, 2009: Employee amputates finger in roller

On January 13, 2009, Employee #1 was assigned to divert oranges off of the main conveyor belt to a small conveyor belt to fill a bin. Employee #1 was working at the client's packing house. He was standing next to the conveyor and decided to start pushing the oranges along. While pushing with his left hand, his glove we nt into the area between the rungs. Employee #1's fingers were caught in a rolle r pulling his hand in. He sustained a serious injury to the middle finger of his left hand. He was taken to a doctor's office, located in Porterville, Californi a for treatment.

Incident on Mar 23, 2009: Employees amputates finger in chain sprocket drive

At 7:20 a.m. on March 23, 2009, Employee #1, an employee of Placement Pros, Inc. , was reinstalling a belt on a sheave assembly of a running Compaq fruit grading machine at the Paramount Citrus facility in Visalia, California. As Employee #1 was adjusting the belt on the sheave, his hand slipped and his index finger got caught in the adjacent chain sprocket drive. Employee #1 sustained a partial am putation of his right hand index finger. He was transported to Palm Occupational Medicine in Visalia, California, for treatment of his injury.

Incident on Jun 3, 2008: Employee loses thumb in conveyer accident

At 9:30 a.m. on June 3, 2008, Employee #1 was working as a temporary seasonal em ployee for Booth Ranch, a fruit packing company in Orange Cove CA. Employee #1 w as sorting oranges on a conveyer system, when some of the oranges had become jam med on the conveyer sorter section of the conveyer machine. Employee #1 reached out to remove the oranges and caught her hand under the moving parts of the conv eyer. Employee #1 suffered an amputation to the first digit of her left thumb. E mployee #1 was transported by ambulance to Fresno Regional Center, where she was treated and released.

Incident on Mar 21, 2008: Employee's arm is fractured by drill press

At approximately 11:00 a.m. on March 21, 2008, Employee #1 was operating a drill press when he sustained an injury from the machine, including a left arm fractu re. He was transported to a medical center, where he underwent treatment and was hospitalized.

Incident on Feb 13, 2008: Struck by feed bag

A temporary employment agency placed two employees with a 2-day assignment at an animal-feed mill. The two employees were using a manlift to move feed bags from the fifth floor to the fourth floor. A bag weighing about 9 kilograms fell from the manlift, and struck one of the employees in the head. He was hospitalized w ith fractures to the vertebrae in his neck.

Incident on Jan 22, 2008: Employee amputates finger removing paper

At approximately 2:45 p.m. on January 22, 2008, Employee#1, Machine Operator wit h International Paper Company, removed scrap paper build up. He reached across t o far side of machine while it was running. A piece of cardboard pushed his inde x finger on right hand into chain/sprocket assembly, crushing his index finger r equiring medical amputation of tip to close the wound.

Incident on Dec 9, 2006: Employee's back fractured in fall from ladder due to shock

At approximately 11:00 a.m. on December 9, 2006, Employee #1 was working for a p ersonnel placement service. He had been sent out to the grading department at a packing house for processing citrus. Employee #1 climbed a step ladder and place d a plank diagonally across the top of two walls in the break room to remove an overhead light fixture that had not been de energized. The walls are 10 .17 ft t all and 11-in. thick. Employee #1 was standing on the plank when he received an electrical shock that caused him to fall 10 ft. He ruptured a vertebra in his lo wer back and was hospitalized.

Incident on Nov 7, 2006: Employee amputates fingertip in bending machine

An employee working with a sheet metal bending machine got the ring finger of hi s right hand caught in the rollers. The nail and some flesh were torn off.

Incident on Mar 27, 2006: Employee is burned while lighting gas oven

On March 27, 2006, Employee #1, a temporary laborer with Placement Pros, was lig hting a dehydrator oven at the Farmersville Dehydrator Co. Although this is a tw o-person task, Employee #1 decided to light the oven by himself. He climbed a la dder and turned on the gas valve. While he descended, a large amount of gas buil t up. When he lit the oven, the gas ignited. Employee #1 was hospitalized at UMC Hospital for serious burns to the front of his body.

Incident on Nov 3, 2005: Employee loses control of hose and is burned by hot water

At approximately 8:00 a.m. on November 2, 2005, Employee #1 was working at the F oster Farms feed mill in Traver, California. He was using a hot water hose to wa sh away and dissolve fat that had built up inside a secondary containment area w here silos are located. The temperature of the hot water in the hose was approxi mately 160 degrees F. He was given thin rubber gloves to wear. He told his forem an that his hands were being burned by the hose, so the foreman gave Employee #1 a rag to wrap around the hose. The rag provided inadequate protection from the hot water. When the hot water ran from the hose end and soaked the rag, Employee #1 lost control of the hose. The water sprayed into his right boot, causing ser ious burns to his right foot and ankle. Employee #1 was taken to University Medi cal Center in Fresno, California. He was hospitalized for his injuries.

Incident on Dec 29, 2004: Employee is crushed by hydraulic cylinder

On April 16, 2004, Employee #1 was assisting two other employees repairing a CNC vertical mill. Employee #1 was working at the rear of the machine. The other em ployees were ready to start the machine, and the employee at the controls yelled to Employee #1 to clear the machine. He thought Employee #1 was clear and start ed the machine. Employee #1 was pinned against the wall of the machine by a larg e hydraulic cylinder. Employee #1 sustained crushing injuries to his pelvis, liv er, kidney, and back. He was admitted to UMC Hospital in Fresno, CA.

Incident on Dec 8, 2004: Employee suffers partial amputated finger

Employee #1, working for Placement Pros in Merced, CA, was operating a B3 Pipe B ending machine when he suffered a partial amputation to the right index finger. Employee #1 did not receive proper training and safety mat used for guarding to operate the machine.

Incident on Mar 7, 2001 (fatal): Employee killed when fork lift flips over

On March 3, 2001, Employee #1 was working at a grain milling plant and was drivi ng a forklift across a parking lot. The forklift flipped over trapping him under it, killing him.