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Inspection Detail
Inspection: 306365826 - Waste Connections Inc Dba Madera Disposal
Inspection Information - Office: Fresno District Office
Site Address:
Waste Connections Inc Dba Madera Disposal
21739 Rd 19
Chowchilla, CA 93610
Mailing Address:
P O Box 414, Madera, CA 93639
Union Status: NonUnion
SIC:4212
NAICS: 562111/Solid Waste Collection
Inspection Type: Accident
Scope: Partial
Advanced Notice: N
Ownership: Private
Safety/Health: Safety
Close Conference: 06/11/2007
Emphasis:
Case Closed: 04/28/2008
| Type | Activity Nr | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accident | 361665359 |
| Violations/Penalties | Serious | Willful | Repeat | Other | Unclass | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Initial Violations | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Current Violations | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Initial Penalty | $20,250 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $20,250 |
| Current Penalty | $3,375 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $3,375 |
| FTA Penalty | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| # | Citation ID | Citation Type | Standard Cited | Issuance Date | Abatement Due Date | Current Penalty | Initial Penalty | FTA Penalty | Contest | Latest Event | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 01001 | Serious | 3212 A01 | 06/15/2007 | 07/18/2007 | $3,375 | $20,250 | $0 | 08/06/2007 | F - Formal Settlement |
Investigation Summary
On January 26, 2007, Employee #1 was working as a sorter for Madera Disposal Systems, Inc., a solid waste reclamation company, in Chowchilla, CA. He was obtaining a tool from a supervisor, and to do so, he transited an area where another crew was replacing a conveyer's edge guard retaining bolts. The crew had removed two sorting chutes, leaving two unguarded two-foot by three-foot openings in the floor of a five-foot-wide walkway of an elevated sorting platform. Employee #1 stepped into one of the openings and fell sixteen feet to the asphalt floor below. He sustained a head laceration and fractures to his knee and vertebrae, and he was hospitalized for two days. Replacing the edge guard bolts was customarily performed by sorters once a year under the supervision of the floor supervisor. Written procedures were not developed for this operation.
Keywords: KNEE, FRACTURE, HEAD, MAINTENANCE, UNGUARDED FL OPENING, WASTE PROC FAC, LACERATION, FALL, FLOOR OPENING, VERTEBRA
| # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree of Injury | Nature of Injury | Occupation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 306365826 | Hospitalized injury | Fracture | Garbage collectors |