Orange Groves

Industry Summary

Suffering major job losses, employees within the Orange Groves industry have got to be on edge. With 2015 employment numbers coming in at 5,680, The industry has seen a decline of -4.33%. This change put 257 folks onto the unemployment line. Over the past 5 years this industry has recorded an accident rate of over 2 times (490% more) the average for the Fruit and Tree Nut Farming Industry.

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The accident investigation below was opened on Friday, January 27th 2017 by OSHA representitives in Fort Pierce, FL after learning of an incident at Luna Harvesting, Inc. which had occured on Thursday, January 26th 2017. A 29 year old man working as a Farm worker was injured on the job when the employee contacted utility line and was burned

OSHA ID92675.015

Accident Date2017-01-26

Accident DegreeHospitalized injury

NarrativeAt 3:55 p.m. on January 26, 2017, an employee was picking oranges. As he moved a ladder to another position on the orange tree he was working, it came into contact with a 50 KV utility line. The employee received an electric shock, sustaining burns on his hands and feet, which he was hospitalized and received treatment.

OSHA investigators arrived in Winter Haven, FL on Monday, September 19th 2016 and began an accident investigation at Bentley Grove Service, Inc.. A employee working as a was injured on the job when the struck by discharged object or substance

OSHA IDSevere Injury Report

Accident Date2016-09-07

Accident DegreeInjury

NarrativeThe employee was attempting to connect a hydraulic hose and had hydraulic fluid injected under the skin on his left thumb when the line became charged.

OSHA investigators arrived in Arcadia, FL on Thursday, April 14th 2016 and began an accident investigation after learning of an incident at S. G. Harvesting, Llc which had occured on Saturday, April 9th 2016. A had been injured when the indirect exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts

OSHA IDSevere Injury Report

Accident Date2016-04-09

Accident DegreeInjury

NarrativeAn employee was walking through an orange grove with a ladder when the ladder made contact with overhead power lines. An electrical current entered the employee's body through his hands and exited through his feet. He was hospitalized.

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