Inspection Detail

Inspection: 119890580 - Kaiser Resources Inc

Inspection Information - Office: San Bernardino District Office

Inspection Nr: 119890580

Report ID: 0950633

Date Opened: 02/14/1994

Site Address:
Kaiser Resources Inc
1 Court Street
Desert Center, CA 92239

Mailing Address:
, , 00000

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:1011

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Complete

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 02/14/1994

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 04/05/1994

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	362234825

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 170607436

Event: 02/07/1994

Employee injured when struck by angle iron

At approximately 2:15 p.m. on February 7, 1994, Employee #1 was operating an excavator, Caterpillar model 235, with a thumb attachment for gripping items. He was moving a tank from one location to another so that the tank could be shipped or dismantled and scrapped. Employee #1 was working alone at this assignment; other employees were working at different locations at the facility. As Employee #1 tried to stand the tank on its legs, the tank slipped from the grasp of the thumb and fell to the ground landing on two legs. The tank then fell toward the excavator, and an angle iron that had been welded to the top of the tank in the previous location went through the windshield of the excavator and struck Employee #1 on the left foot and leg. The angle iron fractured his leg and foot and also pinned his foot between the controls of the machine and the angle iron on top of the tank.

Keywords: EXCAVATION, FRACTURE, SLIP, CONSTRUCTION, STRUCK BY, FLYING OBJECT, TANK, LEG

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	119890580			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Helpers, mechanics and repairers

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