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Sundate, LLC: OSHA inspections and violations

Coachella, California · Postharvest Crop Activities (except Cotton Ginning) · NAICS 115114

2inspections
7citation items
$24,426current penalties
Jul 2, 2024last inspection

Since 2022, OSHA inspectors have visited Sundate, LLC in California 2 times.

The most recent inspection opened on Jul 2, 2024 as a planned inspection, in Coachella.

In all, OSHA issued 7 citation items: 6 serious and 1 other-than-serious.

The proposed penalties came to $28,476; today they stand at $24,426, 14% less.

The rule cited most here is 1910.134 (respiratory protection), 4 times.

Among farming, fishing and forestry employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $1,440 penalty. Sundate, LLC averages $12,213 across 2 cited inspections.

Sundate, LLC: OSHA citation items per year, 2022 to 2024
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 347596769 OPENED JUL 2, 2024Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 90 employees at the site · Closed Oct 21, 2024

85215 Avenue 50, Coachella, CA 92236 · Postharvest Crop Activities (except Cotton Ginning) · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1) · Respiratory protection
 Serious$4,113$4,113Aug 2, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1) · Respiratory protection
 Serious$0$0Aug 2, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 1c
29 CFR 1910.134(k)(6) · Respiratory protection
 Serious$0$0Aug 2, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 1d
29 CFR 1910.134(h)(2)(i) · Respiratory protection
 Serious$0$0Aug 2, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.178(p)(1) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
 Serious$4,113$4,113Aug 2, 2024Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.132(d)(2) · Personal protective equipment, general requirements
 Other-than-serious$0$0Aug 2, 2024Final

Inspection 345933535 OPENED JAN 11, 2022Closed

Accident · Partial · Safety · 86 employees at the site · Closed Nov 1, 2024

85215 Avenue 50, Coachella, CA 92236 · Postharvest Crop Activities (except Cotton Ginning) · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Dec 20, 2021: Employee amputates three fingers while using unguarded machi

At 2:00 p.m. on December 20, 2021, Employee #1 was operating an Urschel dicing machine located in Industrial Room #4 to dice dates. Apparently production was not going as planned because the dates were coming out too slowly underneath the dicing machine. Employee #1 told one of the supervisors of Sundate that the guard underneath the dicing machine needed to be removed to speed up the dates coming through the dicing machine. The supervisor contacted the owner of Sundate, who gave the order to remove the guard. The mechanic was contacted and removed the guard. Employee #1 operated the Urschel dicing machine for three days without the guard, reaching underneath to make sure that the dates were flowing properly to allow production to go up. Employee #1 reached underneath the unguarded Urschel dicing machine and came into contact with the blade of the machine. The employee was hospitalized to treat three amputated fingers on his right hand.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 3441(A)(2)(A)
 Serious$20,250$16,200Jun 17, 2022Final

The rules behind these citations

Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.

29 CFR 1910.132 · Personal protective equipment, general requirements

29 CFR 1910.132(d)(2)

(2) The employer shall verify that the required workplace hazard assessment has been performed through a written certification that identifies the workplace evaluated; the person certifying that the evaluation has been performed; the date(s) of the hazard assessment; and, which identifies the document as a certification of hazard assessment.

29 CFR 1910.134 · Respiratory protection

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1)

(1) The test instrument must have an effective audio-warning device, or a visual-warning device in the form of a screen tracing, that indicates when the test subject fails to hold his or her breath during the test. The test must be terminated and restarted from the beginning when the test subject fails to hold his or her breath during the test. The test subject then may be refitted and retested.

29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1)

(1) General. The employer shall provide a medical evaluation to determine the employee's ability to use a respirator, before the employee is fit tested or required to use the respirator in the workplace. The employer may discontinue an employee's medical evaluations when the employee is no longer required to use a respirator.

29 CFR 1910.178 · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks

Other postharvest crop activities (except cotton ginning) employers in California

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