Inspection Detail

Inspection: 126172592 - Pacific Tube Company

Inspection Information - Office: Long Beach District Office

Inspection Nr: 126172592

Report ID: 0950642

Date Opened: 05/05/1998

Site Address:
Pacific Tube Company
5710 Smithway St
Commerce, CA 90040

Mailing Address:
, , 00000

Union Status: Union

SIC:3498

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 06/09/1998

Planning Guide: Safety-Manufacturing

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 03/15/2000

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	362540296

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	1					1
Current Violations
Initial Penalty	$5,000	$0	$0	$0	$0	$5,000
Current Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
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	Serious	4999 C02	05/22/1998	06/11/1998	$5,000	$5,000	$0	07/09/1998	W - Empr Withdrew	Citation has been deleted.

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 201051232

Event: 12/01/1997

Employee's foot amputated when crushed by steel coil

At approximately 9:45 a.m. on December 1, 1997, Employee #1 was assisting as an approximately 5,000 lb steel coil was raised using a lifting device attached to a 7.5-ton double-girder under-riding bridge crane. The coil slipped off the lifting device and crushed his right foot, which had to be surgically amputated. The employer was cited for a serious, accident-related violation of T8CCR 4999(c)(2), because of the severity of the injury as defined under the California code of regulations, and because of prior employer knowledge. The management stated that incidents like this had happened in the past, but were classified as "near misses" since nothing catastrophic had happened to other exposed employees.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, SUSPENDED LOAD, CRUSHED, FALLING OBJECT, CRANE, FOOT

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	126172592			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Machine operators, not specified

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