Inspection Detail

Inspection: 300856481 - Orco Block, Inc.

Inspection Information - Office: San Bernardino District Office

Inspection Nr: 300856481

Report ID: 0950633

Date Opened: 01/18/2002

Site Address:
Orco Block, Inc.
26380 Palomar Road
Romoland, CA 92585

Mailing Address:
, , 00000

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:3271

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 02/11/2002

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 07/07/2004

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	362370082

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	1			1		2
Current Violations
Initial Penalty	$18,000	$0	$0	$750	$0	$18,750
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	Other	3314 H02	02/14/2002	02/20/2002	$0	$750	$0	05/21/2002	D - Govt Dismissed	Citation has been deleted.
2.	02001	Serious	3314 A	02/14/2002	02/20/2002	$0	$18,000	$0	05/21/2002	D - Govt Dismissed	Citation has been deleted.

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 201155413

Event: 11/06/2001

Cuber machine operator injured when rotating mixer blade cru

At approximately 9:45 p.m. on November 6, 2001, Employee #1, a Cuber Machine Operator, employed by ORCO Block Co. Inc., Romoland, California, had shut down a Besser 80-cubic-foot cement mixing machine, applied lockout/tagout, opened the rear access door and started cleaning the machine with a compressed air hose before the mixer blades came to a complete stop, when the rotating mixer blades crushed the employee's arm between a blade and the mixer's frame. Employee #1 sustained a crushing fracture to his right forearm. Employee #1 was taken by a coworker to the Valley Plaza Doctors Hospital in Perris, California, where he was admitted and hospitalized for four days.

Keywords: FRACTURE, CLEANING, FOREARM, MIXER, STRUCK AGAINST, LOCKOUT, CRUSHED, ARM, BLADE

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	300856481			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Production helpers

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