Inspection Detail

Inspection: 120060033 - Progressive Care Landscape

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

Inspection Nr: 120060033

Report ID: 0950645

Date Opened: 07/22/1992

Site Address:
Progressive Care Landscape
132 Garden St.#28
Santa Barbara, CA 93101

Mailing Address:
1414 Carpinteria St., Santa Barbara, CA 93102

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:0781

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 07/24/1992

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 12/11/1992

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	361331291

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	1			1		2
Current Violations	1			1		2
Initial Penalty	$500	$0	$0	$150	$0	$650
Current Penalty	$500	$0	$0	$150	$0	$650
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	3203 A	08/10/1992	09/10/1992	$150	$150	$0		-
2.	02001	Serious	3314 A	08/10/1992	09/10/1992	$500	$500	$0		-

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 170695449

Event: 06/26/1992

Employee's fingers fractured in wood grinder

Employee #1, of Progressive Care Landscape Contractors, was operating a Chipmore tree limb and brush grinder (chipper) to create composting wood chips. The chipper's motor drive (gasoline) was turned off and the clutch release disengaged. The free running 6-blade chipper cylinder was slowly coming to a stop. Normal operating procedure includes opening the inspection door to the chute and cleaning small debris from the other side of the cutter/cylinder. Employee #1 could not hear the low sound of the still rotating cutter/cylinder and could not see inside the chute. Blindly, Employee #1 stuck his right hand and arm in to clean the cutter/cylinder. His three middle fingers became stuck and were crushed between the drum and the outside of the drum case. He is now back to work. Progressive Care Landscape Contractors was cited for no lockout/blockout procedure.

Keywords: GRINDER, FRACTURE, ROTATING PARTS, FINGER, WORK RULES, CLEANING, CAUGHT BY, LOCKOUT, CHIPPER, BLIND REACHING

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	120060033			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Crushing and grinding machine operators

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