Inspection Detail

Inspection: 313511008 - Sierra Aluminum Company

Inspection Information - Office: San Bernardino District Office

Inspection Nr: 313511008

Report ID: 0950633

Date Opened: 11/05/2010

Site Address:
Sierra Aluminum Company
2345 Fleetwood Drive
Riverside, CA 92509

Mailing Address:
, , 00000

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:3354

NAICS: 331316/Aluminum Extruded Product Manufacturing

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 01/07/2011

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 02/15/2012

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	102615036

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations				1		1
Current Violations				1		1
Initial Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$475	$0	$475
Current Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$175	$0	$175
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	3385 A	01/07/2011	01/25/2011	$175	$475	$0	01/31/2011	F - Formal Settlement

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 202626313

Event: 09/23/2010

Employee Suffers Burn in Casting Accident

At approximately 10:00 a.m. on Septwmber 23, 2010 Employee #1 started his shift in the cast house. Employee #1, along with a coworker, had finished one cast, and were completing another cast. Employee #1 was instructed to remove the bridge that connected the trough from the furnace to the cast table. Employee #1 felt a burning on his right foot, and removed his shoe, where the top of his foot had been burned. Employee #1 received medical treatment for approximately one month without positive results. On October 25, 2010 Employee #1 was admitted to a medical center's burn unit for a skin graft.

Keywords: BURN, FURNACE, TROUGH, SKIN, FOOT

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	313511008			Hospitalized injury	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Misc. metal & plastic processing machine operators

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