OSHA investigators arrived in Sanger, CA on Tuesday, October 31st 2017 and began an accident investigation which had occured previously at Pitman Family Farms. A 37 year old man working as a Manager was injured on the job when the employee contacted overhead power line and suffered multiple i
Accident Date2017-08-19
Accident DegreeHospitalized injury
NarrativeAt 10:00 a.m. on August 19, 2017, an employee had climbed up the feed tank stationary ladder and was going to use a 12 foot metal pole to knock down the accumulated feed on the inside of the tank walls. The pole came into contact with a high-voltage electrical line while the employee was on the stationary ladder of the #2 Feed Tank. The employee fell approximately 20 feet and suffered multiple fractures to include several ribs, sternum, and foot as well as electrical burns to both knees. The employee was hospitalized.