Raley's: OSHA inspections and violations

Incident on Dec 7, 2017 (fatal): Employee suffers heart attack and dies

At 11:35 a.m. on December 7, 2017, an employee was helping a customer bring their groceries to their car. The employee suffered and died from a heart attack.

Incident on Apr 4, 2017: Employee is struck by a truck and receives multiple fracture

At 3:10 p.m. on April 4, 2017, an employee was struck by a truck backing out of a parking spot while in a crouched position inspecting the sump tanks, receiving multiple fractures to his back.

Incident on Aug 31, 2012: Worker cuts arm on hobart mixing-grinding machine

On August 31, 2012, Employee #1, a 20-year-old male with Raley's Inc., reached d own the hopper of a Hobart mixing-grinding machine to retrieve a stuck item at t he bottom of the machine's hopper while the arm mixer of the machine was still r otating. Employee #1 sustained deep laceration to his right forearm. Employee #1 was transported and hospitalized for treatment of his injuries.

Incident on Dec 13, 2003: Employee's finger is amputated by meat saw

On December 13, 2003, Employee #1 was cutting frozen beef feet on a Hobart 5801 band saw. The bone flipped and pulled his left middle finger into the blade. He was hospitalized for an amputation of the finger.

Incident on Mar 18, 2003: Employee injured when leg pinned against pallet

On March 18, 2003, Employee #1, an employee of Raley's Distribution Center, was moving a pallet jack to let another unit go by when he inadvertently turned the steering handle and accelerated the pallet jack to the side, pinning his right a nkle against a stationary pallet. He suffered a compound fracture of his lower r ight leg and was hospitalized.

Incident on Mar 23, 1998: Employee's hand injured when caught in meat grinder

At approximately 4:15 p.m. on March 23, 1998, Employee #1, a meat cutter at Rale y's Store in South Lake Tahoe, CA, was using a large hopper-fed meat grinder wit h mixing paddles to prepare a package of meat. The hopper was covered with a lid equipped with a magnetic interlock switch. Employee #1 placed a 2 to 3 lb packa ge of meat in the grinder and turned on the machine. As the ground meat came out , he caught it to run it through the grinder a second time. Employee #1 used his left hand to raise the lid off the hopper and was throwing the meat in again wh en the lid dropped down across his right forearm, pushing his hand down into the hopper. The end of the mixing paddle caught the back of his right hand and crus hed it against the side of the hopper. He was immediately driven to Barton Memor ial Hospital in South Lake Tahoe for treatment of several broken bones and parti al degloving of the backside of the right hand. The interlock on the lid prevent ed the paddle from making more than a quarter turn after being contacted; timing of the paddle showed it took about 3 seconds to stop when turned off. Employee #1 was in too much of a hurry when grinding the meat order.

Incident on Dec 23, 1991: Employee's hand caught by ejection straps in baler

At around 7:00 p.m. on December 23, 1991, Employee #1 made a bale of empty boxes on the baler. After he secured the baling wires, the bale was ejected when two straps were pulled up by the ram. The bottom and upper gates were closed and Emp loyee #1 started the baler to lower the ram and release the two straps in the re ar of the baler. Instead of stopping the ram in the down position and releasing the straps, he tried to release the straps while the ram was moving. Employee #1 's right hand was caught between the strap and the baler, but he yanked it out b efore it was crushed. Employee #1 was hospitalized.

Incident on Mar 13, 1991: Employee injured in fall into trash compactor

On March 13, 1991, Employee #1 and coworkers were dumping trash into a compactor . They were using a forklift and pallet to lift Employee #1 and the trash bin ab out 6 ft over the hopper. When they tried to tilt the bin to dump the contents, the bottom boards of the wooden pallet broke, causing Employee #1 to fall into t he compactor. The garbage and the pallet fell on top of him, and he was buried. He sustained leg and back injuries and was administered emergency treatment befo re being transported by ambulance to Sacramento Medical Center. At the time of t he accident, the compactor was turned on, but was not activated.

Incident on Feb 8, 1991: Employee burned when hot water hose bursts

On February 6, 1991, Employee #1 was assigned to wash some equipment. He picked up the nozzle of the water hose, but it was so hot that he had to drop it. Emplo yee #1 decided to turn the water off, but as he reached for the shut-off valve, the hose burst,. He suffered second-degree burns on his right foot. Protective e quipment was available, but it was not used.