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Inspection: 126206358 - Price Disposal, Inc.

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

 

Inspection Nr: 126206358
Report ID: 0950645
Date Opened: 08/08/1996

Site Address:
Price Disposal, Inc.
3535 Stine Road, Unit 68
Bakersfield, CA 93309

Mailing Address:
8665 S. Union Avneue, Bakersfield, CA 93307

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:4212

NAICS: 0 


Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 10/02/1996

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 08/19/1997


Related Activity
Type Activity Nr Safety Health
Accident 362152357
Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties Serious Willful Repeat Other Unclass Total
Initial Violations 1 3 4
Current Violations 1 3 4
Initial Penalty $3,500 $0 $0 $560 $0 $4,060
Current Penalty $3,500 $0 $0 $560 $0 $4,060
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 342 A 10/15/1996 10/23/1996 $225 $225 $0 -  
2. 01002 Other 4344 F 10/15/1996 11/17/1996 $225 $225 $0 -  
3. 01003 Other 4352 A02 10/15/1996 11/17/1996 $110 $110 $0 -  
4. 02001 Serious 4355 C02 10/15/1996 10/23/1996 $3,500 $3,500 $0 -  

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 201090586
Event: 08/05/1996
Employee's leg amputated after being run over by truck

At 12:15 p.m. on August 5, 1996, Employee # 1 was loading garbage into truck #29. The driver of the truck was going to turn left onto a street in a trailer park. As the driver pulled forward and left with the truck, Employee #1 attempted to get on the left door access step. He lost his footing and fell into the path of the truck, which ran over his right leg. Employee #1 yelled. The driver stopped the truck, came around the front, and saw the wheel on Employee #1's leg, and returned to his cab to move the vehicle. Employee #1 was transported to Mercy Hospital, where his leg was amputated.

Keywords: GARBAGE TRUCK, AMPUTATED, WORK RULES, RIDING ON EQUIPMENT, FALL, LOST BALANCE, RUN OVER, MOTOR VEHICLE, LEG, UNSTABLE POSITION

Investigated Inspection
# Inspection Age Sex Degree of Injury Nature of Injury Occupation
1 126206358 Hospitalized injury Amputation Garbage collectors
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