Inspection Detail

Inspection: 125882464 - Orco Block Company Inc

Inspection Information - Office: San Bernardino District Office

Inspection Nr: 125882464

Report ID: 0950633

Date Opened: 01/19/2006

Site Address:
Orco Block Company Inc
600 N Hathaway St
Banning, CA 92220

Mailing Address:
P O Box 1388, Banning, CA 92220

Union Status: Union

SIC:3271

NAICS: 327331/Concrete Block and Brick Manufacturing

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 05/19/2006

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 12/27/2006

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	102447208

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	2			4		6
Current Violations	2			2		4
Initial Penalty	$13,500	$0	$0	$6,500	$0	$20,000
Current Penalty	$2,970	$0	$0	$300	$0	$3,270
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	Note
1.	01001	Other	342 A	05/19/2006	06/20/2006	$0	$5,000	$0	I - Informal Settlement	Citation has been deleted.
2.	01002	Other	3203 B02	05/19/2006	05/24/2006	$0	$375	$0	I - Informal Settlement	Citation has been deleted.
3.	01003	Other	3328 G	05/19/2006	07/05/2006	$0	$375	$0	I - Informal Settlement
4.	01004	Other	3314 C	05/19/2006	07/05/2006	$300	$750	$0	I - Informal Settlement
5.	02001	Serious	3999 B	05/19/2006	06/28/2006	$2,700	$6,750	$0	I - Informal Settlement
6.	03001	Serious	4002 A	05/19/2006	06/01/2006	$270	$6,750	$0	I - Informal Settlement

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 202442786

Event: 11/23/2005

Employee Fractures Ankle When Trapped by Chain Conveyor

At approximately 7:30 p.m. on November 23, 2005, Employee #1 was working for a company that manufactured a variety of concrete blocks for the construction industry. He was a regular employee of his employer. He was operating a Columbia Model Number UL26 block unloading unit with a chain conveyor. He was clearing a 26 inch wide by 18.5 inch long by 0.375 inch thick metal pallet carrying concrete blocks that had jammed at a point over the pallet sensor just as it entered a depalleter guide. Although Employee #1 thought he had turned off the power to both the chain conveyor and the unloader unit, the unloader was still energized and in automatic mode. As he squared the pallet so that it would move into the depalleter guide correctly, he exposed the pallet sensor. It directed the still-operational unloader to unload more pallets from the rack onto the chain conveyor. As the unloader moved forward, Employee #1 was trapped between it and the vertical frame of the chain conveyor. He sustained multiple fractures of his right ankle. He was taken to Desert Hospital in Palm Springs, CA, for treatment. Surgery was performed, and he was hospitalized for three to four days.

Keywords: FRACTURE, CAUGHT BY, JAMMED, LOCKOUT, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CONVEYOR, PALLET, CONCRETE BLOCK, ANKLE

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125882464			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.

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