Inspection Detail

Inspection: 125785907 - Sunwest Milling Company, Inc.

Inspection Information - Office: Sacramento District Office

Inspection Nr: 125785907

Report ID: 0950621

Date Opened: 04/18/2001

Site Address:
Sunwest Milling Company, Inc.
507 Bannock St
Biggs, CA 95917

Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 70, Biggs, CA 95917

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:0112

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 05/31/2001

Emphasis: S:Construction (Cship)

Case Closed: 07/31/2001

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	361714181

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations				2		2
Current Violations				2		2
Initial Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$400	$0	$400
Current Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$400	$0	$400
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	3241 C	07/11/2001	07/16/2001	$200	$200	$0		-
2.	01002	Other	3664 A04	07/11/2001	07/16/2001	$200	$200	$0		-

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 170626303

Event: 02/14/2001

Bags of rice fall on employee breaking his leg

At about 4:45 p.m. on February 14, 2001, Employee #1 was working at a rice milling plant. He was injured while loading "slings" (fabric container holding 42 smaller bags of rice; weight of 2,768 lbs) of rice from the warehouse onto trucks for shipping. The slings were piled four high, and there were at the end of a row standing on the bottom sling. The forklift had its forks through the pick-up loops at each corner and was waiting for another truck to drive in for loading. While standing there, the top two slings from the adjacent pile sloughed off and rolled over onto Employee #1. It appeared that the slings may not have been piled squarely because of a beam above. Employee #1 suffered a broken leg and was hospitalized.

Keywords: BEAM, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, STRUCK BY, SLING, MILL--PLANT, LEG

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125785907			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Stock handlers and baggers

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