Inspection Detail

Inspection: 300809886 - American Fire Safety

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

Inspection Nr: 300809886

Report ID: 0950645

Date Opened: 12/15/2000

Site Address:
American Fire Safety
698 Higuera St.
San Luis Obispo, CA 93401

Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 10073, Bakersfield, CA 93389

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:7389

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 01/04/2001

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 05/10/2001

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	362492852

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations				2		2
Current Violations				2		2
Initial Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$335	$0	$335
Current Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$335	$0	$335
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	3203 A	01/19/2001	02/21/2001	$335	$335	$0		-
2.	01002	Other	3203 B01	01/19/2001	02/01/2001	$0	$0	$0		-

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 201094497

Event: 12/07/2000

Employee injured when foot slipped into fryer of hot oil

At 9:00 p.m. on December 7, 2000, Employee #1 hurt his right foot and was in the hospital for 14 days. Employee #1 is a service technician for the American Fire Safety Company. Employee #1 was changing a nozzle on a fire sprinkler, using a six-foot stepladder to get approximately three feet high. The sprinkler was over a deep fat fryer. Employee #1 put his right foot on the lip of the deep fat fryer. As he turned to get to the nozzle, his right foot slipped into the hot grease of the deep fat fryer. The fryer is on wheels and was not moved, nor was there a cover put over the hot fat fryer. Employee #1 was hospitalized for burns.

Keywords: BURN, FIRE EXT SYSTEM, STEPLADDER, SLIP, FRYER, FOOT

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	300809886			Hospitalized injury	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Occupation not reported

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