Inspection Detail

Inspection: 119684843 - Seagate Recording Media

Inspection Information - Office: Fremont District Office

Inspection Nr: 119684843

Report ID: 0950612

Date Opened: 10/28/1998

Site Address:
Seagate Recording Media
195 S Milpitas Blvd
Milpitas, CA 95035

Mailing Address:
155 S Milpitas Blvd, Milpitas, CA 95035

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:3674

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Complete

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 03/03/1999

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 05/26/2000

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	101792687

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations				1		1
Current Violations				1		1
Initial Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$450	$0	$450
Current Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$450	$0	$450
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	Other	3328 G	03/18/1999	03/23/1999	$450	$450	$0		-

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 202311551

Event: 09/02/1998

Arm Crushed by Door of Vacum Sputter Machine

On September 2, 1998, Employee #1 and Employee #2 were working on opposite sides of a wall in two different rooms. Between the rooms there was a plexi-glass separation with a vertical opening to allow a pallet of discs to pass from one room to the other. An emergency stop button was located on each side of the wall near the plexi-glass separation which would prevent the door from opening, or closing, if items needed to be passed from one room to the other. Employee #1 pushed the emergency stop button to pass paperwork to Employee #2. Employee #2 received the paperwork and turned to walk away. Employee #2 dropped the paperwork, pushed his emergency stop, and stopped to pick it up. Employee #1, not knowing that Employee #2 had dropped the paperwork pulled her emergency stop button allowing the door to close on the arm of Employee #2. The emergency stop buttons had been improperly installed allowing either button to override the other. The arm of Employee #2 was crushed.

Keywords: EMERGENCY STOP, LOCKOUT, CRUSHED, ARM

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	119684843			Hospitalized injury	Other	Machine operators, not specified

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