Inspection Detail

Inspection: 111826640 - City Of Berkeley Parking Div. Sather Gate Garage

Inspection Information - Office: Oakland District Office

Inspection Nr: 111826640

Report ID: 0950614

Date Opened: 10/31/1990

Site Address:
City Of Berkeley Parking Div. Sather Gate Garage
2180 Milvia St.
Berkeley, CA 94704

Mailing Address:
, , 00000

Union Status: Union

SIC:4953

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: LocalGovt

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 10/31/1990

Planning Guide: Safety-Manufacturing

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 11/27/1990

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	361047152

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations				2		2
Current Violations				2		2
Initial Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Current Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
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	4355 A01	11/06/1990	11/26/1990	$0	$0	$0		-
2.	01002	Other	4355 A02	11/06/1990	11/26/1990	$0	$0	$0		-

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 170208680

Event: 10/22/1990

Employee's fingertip crushed in cart tipper mechanism

At 11:30 a.m. on October 22, 1990, Employee #1, who worked intermittently as a refuse collector, was attempting to hook up a 90-gallon refuse container to the right side of cart tipper refuse truck #340. Because the truck was facing slightly uphill, the front upper lip of the container would not stand against the top bar of the tipper mechanism. Employee #1 tried several times to hook up the container by activating the tipper controls on the right side of the truck, but without success; the container was not being caught by the rising vertical bars to press against the underside of the container's top lip. He then tried holding the top lip against the metal horizontal bar while activating the tipper controls. His gloved, left index finger was pinched and crushed between the container's front lip and the horizontal bar of the tipper. Employee #1 was taken to Alta Bates Hospital, where tissue was grafted onto his fingertip. He was released from the hospital that evening.

Keywords: LOADING, GARBAGE TRUCK, FINGER, WORK RULES, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, SLOPE

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	111826640			Non Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Garbage collectors

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