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Inspection Detail

Inspection: 119861771 - La Vista Products

Inspection Information - Office: Long Beach District Office

 

Inspection Nr: 119861771
Report ID: 0950642
Date Opened: 04/12/1994

Site Address:
La Vista Products
11911 Woodruff Ave.
Downey, CA 90241

Mailing Address:
, , 00000

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:2041

NAICS: 0 

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 07/22/1994

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 08/18/1994

Related Activity
Type Activity Nr Safety Health
Accident 362159972
Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties Serious Willful Repeat Other Unclass Total
Initial Violations 6 1 4 11
Current Violations 6 1 4 11
Initial Penalty $10,500 $0 $350 $1,135 $0 $11,985
Current Penalty $10,500 $0 $350 $1,135 $0 $11,985
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 25000008 A02 07/22/1994 08/24/1994 $525 $525 $0 -  
2. 01002 Other 3203 A 07/22/1994 08/24/1994 $175 $175 $0 -  
3. 01003 Other 3210 A 07/22/1994 07/22/1994 $260 $260 $0 -  
4. 01004 Other 3314 F 07/22/1994 08/24/1994 $175 $175 $0 -  
5. 01005 Repeat 14301 A01 07/22/1994 08/24/1994 $350 $350 $0 -  
6. 02001 Serious 3314 A 07/22/1994 08/04/1994 $3,500 $3,500 $0 -  
7. 03001 Serious 3999 A 07/22/1994 08/04/1994 $875 $875 $0 -  
8. 04001 Serious 4001 07/22/1994 08/10/1994 $875 $875 $0 -  
9. 05001 Serious 4075 A 07/22/1994 08/10/1994 $875 $875 $0 -  
10. 06001 Serious 4542 A 07/22/1994 08/10/1994 $3,500 $3,500 $0 -  
11. 07001 Serious 5162 A 07/22/1994 08/10/1994 $875 $875 $0 -  

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 170631253
Event: 04/12/1994
Employee severely injured when caught in food mixer

Employee #1, of La Vista Products, Inc., was cleaning a large (5,000 lb capacity) ribbon blender used for mixing flour. The cleaning procedure was to lock out the power to the blender, and then to enter the blender and wipe or sweep the flour into the chute of a small auger conveyor at one end. With the blender locked out, this conveyor could be turned on safely from a motor controller mounted outside the blender. Without the blender locked out, this same motor controller turned on both the conveyor and the blender. Employee #1 entered the blender to clean it without locking out the blender at the circuit breaker. When he called to a coworker to turn the conveyor on, the blender blades began to drag him around the blender hopper and severely lacerated his head, body, and one leg, before the coworker turned it off. Employee #1 was hospitalized, but survived.

Keywords: MIXER BLADE, HEAD, WORK RULES, CLEANING, MIXER, CAUGHT BY, TORSO, LOCKOUT, LACERATION, LEG

Investigated Inspection
# Inspection Age Sex Degree of Injury Nature of Injury Occupation
1 119861771 Hospitalized injury Cut/Laceration Food batchmakers
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