Inspection Detail

Inspection: 119863660 - Stella Foods Inc

Inspection Information - Office: Long Beach District Office

Inspection Nr: 119863660

Report ID: 0950642

Date Opened: 02/07/1995

Site Address:
Stella Foods Inc
5611 Imperial Hwy
South Gate, CA 90280

Mailing Address:
, , 00000

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:2022

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 02/15/1995

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 08/25/2008

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	362166985

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations				2		2
Current Violations				2		2
Initial Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$750	$0	$750
Current Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$750	$0	$750
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	3314 A	02/14/1995	02/14/1995	$375	$375	$0		-
2.	01002	Other	3314 F	02/14/1995	03/19/1995	$375	$375	$0		-

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 170882310

Event: 08/16/1994

Employee's fingers amputated in packaging machine

Employee #1 was packaging string cheese with a Tiromat roll-stock packaging machine. This machine stretches a sheet of plastic film over the sticks of string cheese, seals them, and trims the plastic film with a guillotine. Employee #1 was operating the machine with the plastic cover removed. A magnet had been placed to defeat the interlock on the cover so the machine would run with the cover off. When the plastic film jammed, the operators could straighten it out without shutting down the machine. Employee #1 states that he shut the machine off to clear a jam, but another operator turned it back on without checking with him. Portions of his left index and middle fingers were amputated when his hand became caught under the trimming blade.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, WORK RULES, JAMMED, FINGER, INTERLOCK, LOCKOUT, BLADE, COMMUNICATION, UNGUARDED

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	119863660			Non Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Packaging and filling machine operators

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