Inspection Detail

Case Status: CLOSED

Inspection: 1436908.015 - Tmc Inc

Inspection Information - Office: Omaha Area Office

Inspection Nr: 1436908.015

Report ID: 0728900

Date Opened: 10/07/2019

Site Address:
Tmc Inc
2355 Aspen St.
Wahoo, NE 68066

Mailing Address:
106 Apollo Ave, Alda, NE 68810

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:

NAICS: 326199/All Other Plastics Product Manufacturing

Inspection Type: Referral

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 02/19/2020

Emphasis: L:Repvehicle

Case Closed: 03/18/2020

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Referral	1503773	Yes

Case Status: CLOSED

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	1					1
Current Violations	1					1
Initial Penalty	$3,084	$0	$0	$0	$0	$3,084
Current Penalty	$3,084	$0	$0	$0	$0	$3,084
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	19100178 L01 I	02/20/2020	04/07/2020	$3,084	$3,084	$0		Z - Issued

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 120603.015

Event: 09/25/2019

Employee breaks leg after jumping from defective forklift

On September 25, 2019, an employee working for a plastic manufacturer was operating a Yale Model ESC030ABN24SE092 stand-up forklift on a dock. The employee was backing up the forklift when the dead man control didn't engage when he lifted his left leg off the foot control. The employee lost control as a result and jumped from the moving vehicle. The employee broke his left leg in the fall, requiring hospitalization.

Keywords: Backing Up, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Broken Bone, Concrete Floor, Deadman Control, Defect, Dock, Driving, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Foot Control, Forklift, Fracture, Jump From Moving Equip, Jumping, Leg, Loading Dock, Lost Control, Malfunction, Material Handling, Mech Malfunction, Plastic Mfg, Powered Industrial Vehicle, Stand-Up Forklift, Stand-Up Operator

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1436908.015	29	M	Hospitalized injury		Management related occupations, n.e.c.

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