Fruit and Tree Nut Farming

Industry Summary

As of the last reported data from 2015, there are 196,703 workers employed at 11,559 Fruit and Tree Nut Farming establishements in the United States. The industry is slowly growing, adding 591 jobs in the 12 months between 2014 and 2015. On average, each business employs 17 workers. With OSHA reported accident rates of less than that of the the Crop Production Industry as a whole, things have been relatively safe over the past five years.

• Most Common Violations
• Recent Accident Reports

OSHA investigators arrived in Corcoran, CA on Tuesday, January 8th 2019 and began an accident investigation at Vista Verde Farms, Inc.. A 66 year old Supervisor had been killed when the

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OSHA ID112370.015

Accident Date2019-01-05

Accident DegreeFatality

NarrativeAt 11:30 a.m. on January 5, 2019, Employee #2 had disconnected hydraulic hoses to the hydraulic piston that raised/ lowered the Almond Shaker's clamp. As the hose was disconnected, the shaker's clamp, which was raised, fell onto Employee #1 and Employee #2. Employee #1 received fatal crushing injuries.

On Wednesday, November 14th 2018 OSHA reps took a report of a serious accident in Oxnard, CA which had occured previously at Success Valley Farms Llc. A 46 year old woman working as a Laborer was killed on the job when the

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OSHA ID113176.015

Accident Date2018-11-12

Accident DegreeFatality

NarrativeAt 12:00 p.m. on November 12, 2018, Employee#1 was cutting larger holes into the plastic for the strawberry plants. Employee#1 suffered a heart attack and died.

The accident investigation below was opened on Thursday, September 27th 2018 by OSHA representitives in Fresno, CA at Burford Family Farming Company Lp. A 67 year old man working as a was killed on the job when the

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OSHA ID109624.015

Accident Date2018-09-27

Accident DegreeFatality

NarrativeAt 7:45 a.m. on September 27, 2018, an employee was standing behind a almond harvesting vehicle. A second vehicle called a shuttle was backing up to the location to unload the harvester when the vehicle ran over the employee and killing him.