Inspection Detail

Inspection: 112130885 - Precise Plastics Products

Inspection Information - Office: Long Beach District Office

Inspection Nr: 112130885

Report ID: 0950635

Date Opened: 12/10/1992

Site Address:
Precise Plastics Products
2449 Gundry
Signal Hill, CA 90806

Mailing Address:
, , 00000

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:3089

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 01/26/1993

Planning Guide: Safety-Manufacturing

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 01/29/1993

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	361343775
Accident	361411861

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	1					1
Current Violations
Initial Penalty	$3,500	$0	$0	$0	$0	$3,500
Current Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
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	Contest	Latest Event	Note
1.	01001	Serious	3228 E	01/26/1993	01/26/1993	$3,500	$3,500	$0	02/16/1993	J - ALJ Decision	Citation has been deleted.

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 170162713

Event: 09/10/1992

Employee impaled in chest by flying metal rod

Precise Plastic Products had a new mold made for use in an injection molding machine that formed plastic palmer handles (similar to a wrist support except for the hand). An aluminum rod ran through and out one end of each handle. The plant manager, Employee #1, was experimentally determining the amount of molten plastic that needed to be injected into the mold. Before each trial cycle, the hole in the mold through which the aluminum rod was to extend was plugged off with a short straight piece of aluminum rod. The mold had been positioned in the injection machine in such a manner that the hole and rod pointed toward Employee #1, who was at the injection machine's operating panel. During one injection, the rod was propelled out of the hole, went through a plexiglass window in the injection molding machine's guard gate, and lodged in Employee #1's chest. Surgery was required to remove the rod.

Keywords: CHEST, IMPALED, GUARD, MOLDING MACHINE, SHAFT, FLYING OBJECT

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	112130885			Hospitalized injury	Puncture	Managers and administrators, n.e.c

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