Citrus (except Orange) Groves

NarrativeAt 11:15 a.m. on December 27, 2017, an employee was working in a lemon orchard and became ill. The employee vomited and the supervisor allowed the employee go for a break. The employee told the supervisor that it was from a hangover. However, when the supervisor checked on the employee approximately 10 minutes later, the employee was unconscious and could not be awakened. Emergency Services was contacted and the paramedics pronounced the employee dead at 12:17 p.m. The Impreial County Coroner's office determined the employee's cause of death to be atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease and the manner of death to be natural.

NarrativeAt 3:15 p.m. on September 18, 2017, Employee #1 was working in a lemon orchard. Employee #1 was working on a 16 foot ladder, using clippers to cut the lemons from the tree. He was collecting them in a hand cover before stepping down and putting the lemons into a box. As Employee #1 was climbing back up the ladder, he slipped and fell to the ground. Employee #1 suffered a fracture to his left radius, and splinting of his left tibia. He was hospitalized for four days. Inspection of the ladder revealed that it was not broken or bent.

NarrativeAn employee leaned against the left upright batwing of a Rhino mower that came unhooked and fell onto the employee. The employee suffered four broken ribs and three fractured vertebrae (L2, L3, L4).