Inspection Detail

Inspection: 111965000 - Louisiana-Pacific Corp.

Inspection Information - Office: Redding District Office

Inspection Nr: 111965000

Report ID: 0950623

Date Opened: 09/21/1994

Site Address:
Louisiana-Pacific Corp.
Melo Lane
Oroville, CA 95965

Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 1879, Oroville, CA 95965

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:2421

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 09/21/1994

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 05/12/1995

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	362111627

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	1					1
Current Violations	1					1
Initial Penalty	$5,000	$0	$0	$0	$0	$5,000
Current Penalty	$5,000	$0	$0	$0	$0	$5,000
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	3314 A	01/18/1995	09/21/1994	$5,000	$5,000	$0		-

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 170360077

Event: 09/06/1994

Employee's hand/wrist fractured in closed pneumatic gate

At approximately 1:30 p.m. on September 6, 1994, Employee #1, a production foreman for Louisiana Pacific Corp., a manufacturer of hardboard sheets, had gone up to the catwalk to check the pneumatic diverter gate for #1 conveyor over #2 conveyor and Clark bin for a plug in the material flow. Employee #1 opened an inspection plate and reached inside the diverter gate to shine his flashlight upward when the diverter gate suddenly changed position from the left to the right, pinching and crushing his right hand and wrist between the gate and the opening. Employee #1 did not lock out the air valve, which would have prevented the gate from operating, prior to sticking his hand in the hazardous zone. Material going to a full bin is automatically diverted by a gauge in the tank.

Keywords: MAINTENANCE, WORK RULES, LOCKOUT, CRUSHED, HAND, MACHINE--MISC, WRIST

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	111965000			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Supervisors, production occupations

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