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Inspection Detail
Inspection: 310486915 - Wolfe Trucking Inc
Inspection Information - Office: Long Beach District Office
Site Address:
Wolfe Trucking Inc
6156 S Eastern Ave
Commerce, CA 90040
Mailing Address:
7131 Valjean Ave, Van Nuys, CA 91406
Union Status: NonUnion
SIC:4213
NAICS: 484121/ General Freight Trucking, Long-Distance, Truckload
Inspection Type: Accident
Scope: Partial
Advanced Notice: N
Ownership: Private
Safety/Health: Safety
Close Conference: 04/02/2007
Emphasis:
Case Closed: 07/09/2009
| Type | Activity Nr | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accident | 102469657 |
| Violations/Penalties | Serious | Willful | Repeat | Other | Unclass | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Initial Violations | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Current Violations | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Initial Penalty | $12,600 | $0 | $0 | $5,000 | $0 | $17,600 |
| Current Penalty | $0 | $0 | $0 | $300 | $0 | $300 |
| FTA Penalty | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| # | Citation ID | Citaton Type | Standard Cited | Issuance Date | Abatement Due Date | Current Penalty | Initial Penalty | FTA Penalty | Contest | Latest Event | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 01001 | Other | 342 A | 04/02/2007 | 04/13/2007 | $0 | $5,000 | $0 | 04/12/2007 | D - Govt Dismissed | Citation has been deleted. |
| 2. | 02001 | Other | 3203 A | 04/02/2007 | 04/24/2007 | $300 | $12,600 | $0 | 04/12/2007 | F - Formal Settlement |
Investigation Summary
On March 19, 2007, Employee #1, of a cross-country trucking and delivery service, was working with a coworker as a two-man team, delivering a load of frozen meat to a customer. The coworker (the driver) had about seven months experience driving, while Employee #1 (the assistant) was on his first cross-country trip as a trainee, having been with the company for two weeks. Upon arrival at the customer's site, Employee #1 got out of the passenger side of the tractor and proceeded toward the rear of the driver's side of the tractor trailer. He was to give hand signals to direct the driver around a parked van while the driver backed the truck to the loading dock. Witnesses stated that the truck was not equipped with a back-up alarm and Employee #1 was not wearing a reflective safety vest at the time of the accident. As the truck approached the van, Employee #1 stated that he tried to signal and yell at the driver to stop, but that the driver neither saw nor heard him. He tried to jump out of the way of the truck but became pinned between the truck and the van. He was hospitalized with a fracture of his right arm. Both he and the driver stated that they had not received safety training from the employer, and that safety meetings were instituted after the accident. The injured employee was a trainee and did not have previous experience with signaling backing trucks.
Keywords: BACK-UP ALARM, DELIVERY WORK, FRACTURE, SIGNALMAN, TRAILER TRUCK, CAUGHT BETWEEN, ARM, REFLECTIVE VEST, UNTRAINED, MOTOR VEHICLE
| # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree of Injury | Nature of Injury | Occupation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 310486915 | Hospitalized injury | Fracture | Truck drivers, heavy |