Inspection Detail

Inspection: 313383887 - Western State Industrial

Inspection Information - Office: Long Beach District Office

Inspection Nr: 313383887

Report ID: 0950642

Date Opened: 03/11/2011

Site Address:
Western State Industrial
5635 Sheila St
Commerce, CA 90040

Mailing Address:
, , 00000

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:3317

NAICS: 331210/Iron and Steel Pipe and Tube Manufacturing from Purchased Steel

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 07/19/2011

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 08/06/2011

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	102623949

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	1			1		2
Current Violations	1			1		2
Initial Penalty	$10,800	$0	$0	$350	$0	$11,150
Current Penalty	$10,800	$0	$0	$350	$0	$11,150
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	07/19/2011	07/27/2011	$350	$350	$0		-
2.	02001	Serious	4184 B	07/19/2011	07/27/2011	$10,800	$10,800	$0		-

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 202457222

Event: 02/16/2011

Employee's Finger Is Amputated after Caught in Rollers

At approximately 11:00 p.m. on February 16, 2011, Employee #1, who worked in the warehouse shipping and receiving department, was performing a sporadically assigned task of grooving a pipe to prepare the coupling attachment for a customer. He was using an Anvil International GruvLok roll groover, Model Number 1007, and Serial Number GL004064. With the machine still running, Employee #1 used his left gloved hand to check the groove depth of the piece of pipe that was being worked by the machine. His glove became caught in between the grooving roll and the pipe, pulling his hand into the point of operation. The roll groove machine was not guarded at the point of operation and there was no feed that did not require the hands of the operator to come into contact with the die. His finger had to be amputated, and he was hospitalized for his injury.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, FINGER, GLOVE, CAUGHT BY, ROLLER--MACH/PART, POINT OF OPERATION, UNGUARDED

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	313383887			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Stock and inventory clerks

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