Inspection Detail

Inspection: 120060025 - Forms & Surfaces

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

Inspection Nr: 120060025

Report ID: 0950645

Date Opened: 09/10/1992

Site Address:
Forms & Surfaces
6395 Cindy Lane
Carpinteria, CA 93013

Mailing Address:
, , 00000

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:3499

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 09/11/1992

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 09/21/1992

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	361396088

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 170179899

Event: 06/24/1992

Employee's fingers crushed in pipe bender

Employee #1 moved a control panel pedestal from its normal position of 4 ft away from a bending machine head assembly to within 1 ft of the assembly. He placed his left hand in die #1 and switched the die #2 switch closed. Both dies closed, crushing his middle and ring fingers at the end joint. The machine control panel is now bolted to the floor 4 ft away from the bending machine head assembly and disable mat switches have been installed at the machine's adjustment points. Employee #1 had been trained and had worked on the machine for one to three years. He overrode good practice.

Keywords: DIE, FINGER, WORK RULES, CRUSHED

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	120060025			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Sheet metal workers

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