Cal/OSHA Investigations

By: Cal-OSHA Reporter - The leading occupational safety and health publication in California.

Farmworkers Die in Transport MishapTwo farmworkers died and two others were missing following a Nov. 22 incident in which a minivan transporting the workers between orchards plunged into the Delta-Mendota Canal near Westley.The workers were employed by Alfaro Farm Labor Contractor and were part of an apricot orchard pruning operation. The minivan was moving from one orchard to another about a quarter-mile down a gravel road next to the canal about 7:45 a.m. when the driver lost cont

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