Inspection Detail

Case Status: CLOSED

Inspection: 1379799.015 - Hesselbein Tire Southwest, Inc.

Inspection Information - Office: Corpus Christi Area Office

Inspection Nr: 1379799.015

Report ID: 0626000

Date Opened: 02/20/2019

Site Address:
Hesselbein Tire Southwest, Inc.
910 Business Park Drive
Mission, TX 78572

Mailing Address:
910 Business Park Drive, Mission, TX 78572

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:

NAICS: 441320/Tire Dealers

Inspection Type: Referral

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 02/20/2019

Emphasis: L:Gifall

Case Closed: 07/05/2019

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Referral	1427499	Yes

Case Status: CLOSED

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	1					1
Current Violations	1					1
Initial Penalty	$9,282	$0	$0	$0	$0	$9,282
Current Penalty	$5,569	$0	$0	$0	$0	$5,569
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	5A0001	06/20/2019		$5,569	$9,282	$0		I - Informal Settlement

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 113781.015

Event: 02/15/2019

Employee sustains multiple fractures in fall from forklift

At 1:50 p.m. on February 15, 2019, an employee was consolidating tires at a height of 25 feet using an Order Selector Cherry Picker and stepped on a pallet that had been inserted into the Picker's forks. The employee fell when the rack beam shifted to one side and he fell approximately 25 feet. The employee sustained a fractured vertebra, wrist, and ankle as well as sustaining trauma to his hip. The employee was hospitalized.

Keywords: Ankle, Elevated Work Platform, Fall, Forklift, Fracture, Hip, Pallet, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Vertebra, Wrist

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1379799.015	40	M	Hospitalized injury		Management related occupations, n.e.c.

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