Inspection Detail

Inspection: 119914414 - Ameron Inc.

Inspection Information - Office: Labor Enforcement Task Force (Letf) Unit - South

Inspection Nr: 119914414

Report ID: 0950645

Date Opened: 03/01/1993

Site Address:
Ameron Inc.
1020 B Street
Fillmore, CA 93015

Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 755, Fillmore, CA 93016

Union Status: Union

SIC:3999

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 03/16/1993

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 08/09/1995

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	362158388

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	2					2
Current Violations	2					2
Initial Penalty	$10,000	$0	$0	$0	$0	$10,000
Current Penalty	$5,500	$0	$0	$0	$0	$5,500
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	3556 B	03/29/1993	04/01/1993	$500	$5,000	$0		A - Amendment
2.	02001	Serious	3577 B	03/29/1993	04/01/1993	$5,000	$5,000	$0		-

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 170152193

Event: 02/23/1993

Employee injured as grinding wheel disintegrates

At 2:30 p.m. on February 24, 1993, Employee #1, of Ameron, Inc., was grinding seams left from the molds on concrete lamp posts. The employee was grinding his twelfth post that day when the grinding wheel, a 6 in. Kasco silicon carbide stone, disintegrated, lodging a large segment in his right thigh. The grinding machine that he was using was a Dynablade model, serial #1523. Employee #1 had modified the machine's operation by placing the stone on an unguarded hand machine that was originally intended for a wire brush. He was transported by the Sheriff's Department to Santa Paula Hospital, CA. Citations will be issued under T8CCR 3556(b) and 3577(b), and will be classified as serious.

Keywords: DISINTEGRATED, THIGH, STRUCK BY, FLYING OBJECT, GRINDING WHEEL, UNGUARDED

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	119914414			Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Hand molding, casting, and forming occupations

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