Inspection Detail

Inspection: 126026715 - Golden Valley Produce Llc

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

Inspection Nr: 126026715

Report ID: 0950645

Date Opened: 08/27/1998

Site Address:
Golden Valley Produce Llc
4343 Golden Valley Drive
Buttonwillow, CA 93206

Mailing Address:
4221 Cannon St., Bakersfield, CA 93312

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:0722

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 11/05/1998

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 05/23/2000

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	362154734

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	1			1		2
Current Violations	1			1		2
Initial Penalty	$5,000	$0	$0	$375	$0	$5,375
Current Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$375	$0	$375
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 B01	11/10/1998	11/27/1998	$375	$375	$0		-
2.	02001	Serious	3314 A	11/10/1998	11/14/1998	$0	$5,000	$0	12/03/1998	F - Formal Settlement

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 201092087

Event: 08/20/1998

Employee injured leg and ankle pulled into rollers

On August 20, 1998, Employee #1, a mechanic, was replacing a conveyor belt on a carrot processing machine. Employee #1 was having trouble getting the 4 ft wide by 130 ft long belt on the machine with the hand tools provided. Employee #2, the supervisor, went and rewired the motor to run backwards to use the motor to roll the belt on. He unlocked the motor, and re-energized the machine and started the motor. Employee #1 was standing on the belt when the machine was started; he was pulled into the rollers and suffered compound fractures to his left leg and ankle. He was hospitalized.

Keywords: MECHANIC, ROLLER CONVEYOR, CRUSHED, LEG

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	126026715			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Not specified mechanics and repairers

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