Inspection Detail

Inspection: 120245964 - A & M Plastics

Inspection Information - Office: Santa Ana District Office

Inspection Nr: 120245964

Report ID: 0950631

Date Opened: 05/18/1999

Site Address:
A & M Plastics
5650 Knott Ave
Buena Park, CA 90621

Mailing Address:
, , 00000

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:3999

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 07/12/1999

Planning Guide: Safety-Manufacturing

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 08/24/2008

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	362393381

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations				5		5
Current Violations				5		5
Initial Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$675	$0	$675
Current Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$675	$0	$675
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	Latest Event
1.	01001	Other	342 A	10/01/1999	10/06/1999	$150	$150	$0	-
2.	01002	Other	461 A	10/01/1999	10/19/1999	$150	$150	$0	-
3.	01003	Other	470 A	10/01/1999	10/19/1999	$150	$150	$0	-
4.	01004	Other	3203 B	10/01/1999	10/19/1999	$150	$150	$0	-
5.	01005	Other	3209 A	10/01/1999	10/06/1999	$75	$75	$0	-

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 201141017

Event: 04/29/1999

Employee's fingers amputated after plastics plant injury

At about 7:30 a.m. on April 29, 1999, Employee #1 was operating a densifier machine as his normally assigned task. While he was feeding long strips of plastic sheet material into this machine, his left hand got wrapped into the spinning plastic material and the machine started to pull his hand inwards. When he was able to pull his hand away, it had suffered severe degloving injury to his middle and ring fingers, which later had to be amputated. He was treated at UCI Medical Center for two days, followed by continued treatment as an outpatient.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, FINGER, PLASTIC MFG

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	120245964			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Misc. metal,plastic,stone&glass-working mach. op's

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