Inspection Detail

Inspection: 112121686 - Arb, Inc.

Inspection Information - Office: Fresno District Office

Inspection Nr: 112121686

Report ID: 0950626

Date Opened: 10/23/1992

Site Address:
Arb, Inc.
342 Linda Vista
Oildale, CA 93308

Mailing Address:
4042 Patton Way, Bakersfield, CA 93308

Union Status: Union

SIC:1623

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 03/10/1993

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 12/16/1994

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	362048274

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	$0	$0	$0	$635	$0	$635
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	1522 B	03/15/1993	03/26/1993	$635	$5,000	$0		F - Formal Settlement

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 170703482

Event: 09/17/1992

Employee's thumb amputated by bore pipe

At approximately 2:15 p.m. on September 17, 1992, Employee #1 was adding a section of bore pipe to an existing bore pipe. The boring machine was turning the bore pipe to thread it onto the pipe in the ground. Employee #1 was guiding the turning bore pipe. He was wearing a traffic vest, which became wrapped around the rotating bore pipe. He tried to hold the vest from his body, but in doing so, his left thumb was caught between the vest and the pipe. He pulled back his left arm, causing his thumb to be amputated. Employee #1 was taken to Memorial Hospital, in Bakersfield, CA, and then transferred to UC Irvine for reattachment surgery.

Keywords: CLOTHING, AMPUTATED, THUMB, CAUGHT BETWEEN, PIPE, ENTANGLED

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	112121686			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Construction laborers

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