Fruit and Vegetable Markets

Industry Summary

As of the last reported data from 2015, there are 41,759 workers employed at 3,651 Fruit and Vegetable Markets establishements in the United States. The industry is slowly growing, adding 212 jobs in the 12 months between 2014 and 2015. On average, each business employs 11 workers. With OSHA reported accident rates of less than that of the the Specialty Food Stores Industry as a whole, things have been relatively safe over the past five years.

• Most Common Violations
• Recent Accident Reports

The accident investigation below was opened on Saturday, September 24th 2016 by OSHA representitives in COLORADO SPRINGS, CO after learning of an incident at Sprouts Farmer Market which had occured on the same day. A had been injured when the other fall to lower level, unspecified

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OSHA IDSevere Injury Report

Accident Date2016-09-24

Accident DegreeInjury

NarrativeAn employee slipped and fell down the stairs, fracturing the right arm.

OSHA investigators arrived in Raleigh, NC on Tuesday, December 11th 2012 and began an accident investigation at R & H Produce Co. Inc.. A employee working as a employee was injured on the job when the employee was exposed to carbon monoxide

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OSHA ID200361434

Accident Date2012-12-07

Accident DegreeHospitalized injury

NarrativeOn December 7 2012, Employee #1 of R & H Produce Co. Inc., was discovered unresponsive in a warehouse after operating a propane powered forklift. EMS responded and Employee #1 was transported to Wake Medical Center and later to Duke University Medical Center for Hyperbaric Medicine. Employee #1 was kept overnight and received hyperbaric oxygen therapy.

OSHA investigators arrived in Gridley, CA on Wednesday, December 1st 2010 and began an accident investigation which had occured previously at Randy Smith Produce. A employee working as a Industrial truck was injured on the job when the employee fractured leg pinned between forklift and truck

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OSHA ID171044894

Accident Date2010-11-05

Accident DegreeHospitalized injury

NarrativeOn November 5, 2010, Employee #1 was placing a bin off a forklift onto a custome r's truck when the forklift rolled forward, pinning Employee #1 between the fork lift and the customer's vehicle. Employee #1 was taken to the hospital for his i njuries which consisted of a fracture of the lower leg. Employee #1 was hospital ized for two days.