Sun Valley Group: OSHA inspections and violations

Incident on Apr 11, 2013: Employee sustains chemical burns from nitric acid spray

On April 11, 2013, Employee #1, with the Sun Valley Group Inc., was transferring nitric acid from a drum to an irrigation tank, when concentrated nitric acid wa s sprayed on him from holes in improper tubing from the drum. Employee #1 was ho spitalized for two days for treatment of second degree burns on multiple body pa rts. The employer received a serious, accident related citation for failing to m aintain the piping/tubing in accordance with good engineering practice.

Incident on Oct 8, 2008: Employee is injured in fall through floor opening

On October 8, 2008, an employee, a repairman, was replacing the floor on the sec ond level of Building B Warehouse. The employee was replacing the plywood floor when he fell through the floor opening. The employee did not recall what happene d or how he fell to the ground level floor. He stated that he was on his knees p lacing the plywood in the cut out section. The next thing he knew he was looking up at the opening from the floor below the opening. The employee was hospitaliz ed and treated for fractured right arm and elbow.

Incident on May 15, 2007: Employee's face is lacerated by wheel of hand grinder

At approximately 6:45 a.m. on May 15, 2007, Employee #1 was working for Sun Vall ey Group, an agricultural flower grower. The employee and a coworker were assign ed to replace sheet metal on the roof of the packing warehouse. Employee #1 was using a Rigid hand grinder, Model Number AE041073396, to cut the metal sheeting , when the grinding wheel exploded and pieces of the wheel struck him on the rig ht side of his face. He suffered a laceration was transported to a medical clini c and then to Saint Paul's Hospital for surgery. He was hospitalized for 3 days.