Inspection Detail

Inspection: 112068218 - Lee'S Pottery

Inspection Information - Office: Riverside District Office

Inspection Nr: 112068218

Report ID: 0950634

Date Opened: 08/02/1991

Site Address:
Lee'S Pottery
7608 Alondra Blvd.
Paramount, CA 90723

Mailing Address:
, , 00000

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:3269

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 08/05/1991

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 10/16/1991

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	361302045

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	1			7		8
Current Violations	1			7		8
Initial Penalty	$1,800	$0	$0	$0	$0	$1,800
Current Penalty	$1,800	$0	$0	$0	$0	$1,800
FTA Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0

Violation Items
#	Citation ID	Citaton Type	Standard Cited	Issuance Date	Abatement Due Date	Current Penalty	Initial Penalty	FTA Penalty	Latest Event
1.	01001	Other	3203 A	08/12/1991	09/05/1991	$0	$0	$0	-
2.	01002	Other	14308 A	08/12/1991	09/05/1991	$0	$0	$0	-
3.	01003	Other	4197 A02	08/12/1991	08/19/1991	$0	$0	$0	-
4.	01004	Other	4199 A03	08/12/1991	08/19/1991	$0	$0	$0	-
5.	01005	Other	4202 C	08/12/1991	08/19/1991	$0	$0	$0	-
6.	01006	Other	4190 B	08/12/1991	08/12/1991	$0	$0	$0	-
7.	01007	Other	4204 C	08/12/1991	08/12/1991	$0	$0	$0	-
8.	02001	Serious	4215 B01	08/12/1991	08/19/1991	$1,800	$1,800	$0	-

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 170188130

Event: 08/02/1991

Employee killed when puts head in press

At about 10:20 a.m. on August 2, 1991, Employee #1, of Lee's Pottery Co., put his head between the two dies of a hydraulic power press to clean excessive clay from the back of the bottom stationary die. An eyewitness, who was only about three steps away, saw the ram descending and called to him, but he never answered. He obviously pushed the two control buttons in front of the machine with his legs or other parts of the body while his head was in the dies, tripping the press. Employee #1's head was crushed and he died on the spot. No one had ever seen Employee #1 putting his head in the press in the past two months; this was the first time he was observed working like this. The plant supervisor stated that Employee #1 was trained to go to the back side of the press and remove the excess clay from the molds. Employee #1 had been hired only about 2 months ago, on June 6, and, according to the company management, was trained to operate a hydraulic power press.

Keywords: DIE, HEAD, POWER PRESS, WORK RULES, CLEANING, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	112068218			Fatality	Other	Extruding and forming machine operators

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