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Inspection: 112024880 - Flo Control, Inc.

Inspection Information - Office: Van Nuys District Office

 

Inspection Nr: 112024880
Report ID: 0950643
Date Opened: 03/07/1992

Site Address:
Flo Control, Inc.
3210 Winona Ave.
Burbank, CA 91504

Mailing Address:
, , 00000

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:3089

NAICS: 0 

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Complete

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 09/14/1992

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 09/14/1992

Related Activity
Type Activity Nr Safety Health
Accident 361273592
Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties Serious Willful Repeat Other Unclass Total
Initial Violations 4 4
Current Violations 4 4
Initial Penalty $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
Current Penalty $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0
FTA Penalty $0 $0 $0 $1,755 $0 $1,755

Violation Items
# Citation ID Citation Type Standard Cited Issuance Date Abatement Due Date Current Penalty Initial Penalty FTA Penalty Contest Latest Event Note
1. 01001 Other 3203 A 05/19/1992 06/19/1992 $0 $0 $0 -  
2. 01002 Other 3328 G 05/19/1992 05/29/1992 $0 $0 $0 -  
3. 01003 Other 5194 H01 05/19/1992 06/19/1992 $0 $0 $1,755 -  
4. 01004 Other 5194 G01 05/19/1992 06/19/1992 $0 $0 $0 -  

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 170185821
Event: 02/29/1992
EMPLOYEES ARE STRUCK BY HOT MATERIAL BLOWN FROM HOPPER

AT APPROXIMATELY 4:00 A.M. ON FEBRUARY 29, 1992, EMPLOYEES #1 AND #2 WERE STANDING AT THE OPERATOR'S POSITION AT INJECTION MOLDING MACHINE #16. EMPLOYEE #3 WAS OPERATING MACHINE #15, LOCATED BEHIND MACHINE #16. EMPLOYEE #2 HAD ASKED EMPLOYEE #1 TO COME OVER TO MACHINE #16 BECAUSE THE MOLD WOULD NOT OPEN. EMPLOYEE #1 WENT OVER TO MACHINE #16 AND WAS STANDING NEXT TO EMPLOYEE #2, WHEN THERE WAS A LOUD NOISE AND BLACK SMOKE AND HOT CPVC PELLETS BEGAN BLOWING OUT OF MACHINE #16 FROM AROUND THE BASE OF THE HOPPER AND FROM INSIDE THE HOPPER. EMPLOYEE #1 RECEIVED DAMAGE TO THE LEFT EYE REQUIRING STITCHES AND MINOR BURNS TO THE FACE; HE WAS HOSPITALIZED OVERNIGHT. EMPLOYEE #2 RECEIVED MINOR BURNS ON HER FACE AND DUST IN HER RIGHT EYE. EMPLOYEE #3 RECEIVED A MINOR BURN ON HIS LEFT EAR.

Keywords: BURN, EYE, MOLDING MACHINE, FIRE, EAR, SMOKE, STRUCK BY, HOPPER

Investigated Inspection
# Inspection Age Sex Degree of Injury Nature of Injury Occupation
1 112024880 Hospitalized injury Burn(Chemical) Molding and casting machine operators
2 112024880 Non Hospitalized injury Burn(Chemical) Molding and casting machine operators
3 112024880 Non Hospitalized injury Burn(Chemical) Molding and casting machine operators
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