Inspection Detail

Inspection: 316848027 - Vanguard Distributing Corp.

Inspection Information - Office: Iowa 0751910

Inspection Nr: 316848027

Report ID: 0751910

Date Opened: 11/05/2012

Site Address:
Vanguard Distributing Corp.
8717 Northwest Boulevard
Davenport, IA 52806

Mailing Address:
, , 00000

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:5181

NAICS: 424810/Beer and Ale Merchant Wholesalers

Inspection Type: Referral

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 11/05/2012

Emphasis: L:Amputate, N:Amputate, S:Amputate

Case Closed: 11/30/2012

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Referral	200536225	Yes

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	1					1
Current Violations	1					1
Initial Penalty	$2,500	$0	$0	$0	$0	$2,500
Current Penalty	$2,500	$0	$0	$0	$0	$2,500
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	Serious	19100178 L01 I	11/15/2012	01/01/2013	$2,500	$2,500	$0		-

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 200535417

Event: 10/18/2012

Worker Looses Fingers after Struck by Falling Pallets

On October 18, 2012, Employee #1, a 45-year-old male Machine Operator with Vanguard Distributing Corporation, was lifting a stack of fourteen pallets with a fork truck. Behind this stack was another stack of twenty-eight pallets. A pallet in the stack that was being lifted caught in the stack of twenty eight pallets, causing the stack to fall onto the fork truck. Employee #1, who was the fork truck operator, put his hands up in front of himself while still seated on the fork truck. Employee #1 stuck his right hand above the safety cage of the fork truck as the falling pallets fell down onto the fork truck. The falling pallets struck the cage, and his middle and ring fingers on his right hand were caught in a pinch point. The tips of his middle and ring finger on his right hand were amputated in the event.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, IND TRK OPERATOR, FINGER, ROPS, DRIVER, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, STRUCK BY, NIP POINT, FALLING OBJECT

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	316848027			Non Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Machine operators, not specified

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