Inspection Detail

Inspection: 300862554 - California, University Of - Riverside

Inspection Information - Office: San Bernardino District Office

Inspection Nr: 300862554

Report ID: 0950633

Date Opened: 06/18/2003

Site Address:
California, University Of - Riverside
900 University Avenue
Riverside, CA 92521

Mailing Address:
, , 00000

Union Status: Union

SIC:8221

NAICS: 611310/ Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: StateGovt

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 11/25/2003

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 07/12/2008

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	362458994

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations				1		1
Current Violations				1		1
Initial Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$300	$0	$300
Current Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$300	$0	$300
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	3384 B	11/25/2003	12/01/2003	$300	$300	$0		-

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 201157633

Event: 05/25/2003

Employee Amputates Finger In Lather Machine

At approximately 10:20 a.m. on May 25, 2003, Employee #1, a regular employee of University of California, Riverside, was operating a Cincinnati Lather and Tool Machine (Model Number LE Tray, Property ID Number 615001925). He was operating the lather machine wearing leather gloves with a piece of sand paper in his left hand polishing a metal rod. He set the lather machine at 80 r.p.m. and had been polishing the metal rod for approximately 10 minutes. He thought that this speed was too slow, so he increased the speed of the lather machine to 300 r.p.m. He then took his left hand with leather glove on and placed the sand paper on the spinning metal rod. Employee #1's left glove immediately came off due to the increased speed of the lather machine. His left index finger was amputated when his glove became entangled with the metal rod that was being sanded. He was transported to Riverside Community Hospital, where he was treated and released the same day.

Keywords: LATHE, AMPUTATED, FINGER, MACHINE OPERATOR

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	300862554			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Health specialties teachers

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