Inspection Detail

Inspection: 126128941 - Trico Plastics Inc.

Inspection Information - Office: Monrovia District Office

Inspection Nr: 126128941

Report ID: 0950644

Date Opened: 04/14/1999

Site Address:
Trico Plastics Inc.
590 S. Vincent Ave.
Azusa, CA 91702

Mailing Address:
, , 00000

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:3089

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 10/12/1999

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 09/13/2010

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	362624900

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	1			4		5
Current Violations	1			4		5
Initial Penalty	$1,500	$0	$0	$900	$0	$2,400
Current Penalty	$1,500	$0	$0	$900	$0	$2,400
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	Latest Event
1.	01001	Other	23400023	10/12/1999	10/26/1999	$300	$300	$0	-
2.	01002	Other	25000010 A	10/12/1999	10/26/1999	$150	$150	$0	-
3.	01003	Other	25100007 A	10/12/1999	10/26/1999	$150	$150	$0	-
4.	01004	Other	23400001	10/12/1999	10/26/1999	$300	$300	$0	-
5.	02001	Serious	4050 A	10/12/1999	10/26/1999	$1,500	$1,500	$0	-

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 201792298

Event: 04/14/1999

Electric Shock - Ground Fault in Transformer

A supervisor at a plastics manufacturing plant instructed an employee to load two 25-kilogram bags of acrylonitrile butadiene styrene resin into the hopper of injection molding machine #2. The employee was last seen setting up the dryer that he was going to connect to the hopper. He was found lying between a ladder and the dryer. He was pronounced dead at the hospital. He had been electrocuted. All the machines had been off, and the dryer had not been connected to its electrical power source. Investigation revealed that a ground fault had occurred in a Square-D, 480/240-volt, pad-mounted transformer--a 240-volt circuit conductor had been touching the back cover of the transformer. The ground fault had energized the transformer enclosure, injection molding machine #3, and the ladder, which had been resting on the machine. The employee had been electrocuted when he touched the ladder.

Keywords: ELECTRICAL, E GI VII, ELECTROCUTED, GROUND FAULT, EQUIPMENT GROUNDING, TRANSFORMER

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	126128941			Fatality	Electric Shock	Freight, stock and material handlers, n.e.c.

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