Inspection Detail

Inspection: 120319306 - Easton Sports

Inspection Information - Office: Van Nuys District Office

Inspection Nr: 120319306

Report ID: 0950643

Date Opened: 04/28/2004

Site Address:
Easton Sports
7800 Haskell Ave
Van Nuys, CA 91406

Mailing Address:
, , 00000

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:3949

NAICS: 339920/Sporting and Athletic Goods Manufacturing

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 09/29/2004

Planning Guide: Safety-Manufacturing

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 07/03/2006

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	362524027

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	2			1		3
Current Violations	1			2		3
Initial Penalty	$21,375	$0	$0	$560	$0	$21,935
Current Penalty	$335	$0	$0	$1,120	$0	$1,455
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
1.	01001	Other	3314 F	09/29/2004	11/01/2004	$560	$560	$0	10/30/2004	F - Formal Settlement
2.	02001	Other	3314 A	09/29/2004	10/18/2004	$560	$18,000	$0	10/30/2004	F - Formal Settlement
3.	03001	Serious	3944 C	09/29/2004	10/04/2004	$335	$3,375	$0	10/30/2004	F - Formal Settlement

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 201117694

Event: 03/30/2004

Employee's finger amputated in rubber cutter machine

On March 30, 2004, an employee was setting-up on the "rubber cutter" machine in the "Bat Assembly" Department. He had turned the machine on by connecting the electrical plug, the airline hose and pushing the start button for the hydraulic pump. The machine shared the airline with the sandblasting machine next to it. The employee left the area to go get the materials which he was going to cut in the machine. When he returned, he noticed a piece of rubber was stuck in the machine near the blade. He reached into the machine through the guard opening at the back of the machine. While his hand was in the machine, another employee who was "trouble shooting" on the sandblasting machine, which shared the air line, had disconnected the hose from the "rubber cutter" and then reconnected the air hose, and did not see the employee with his hand in the machine. When the air hose was reconnected, the blade cycled and the tip of the employee's right index finger was cut off below the nail bed. The employee was taken by coworkers to Healthline Medical Group, and was transferred to Valley Pres. Hospital for treatment.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, FINGER, BLADE, SANDBLASTING

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	120319306			Non Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Slicing and cutting machine operators

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