Inspection Detail

Inspection: 112172192 - Industrial Battery Engin. Co.

Inspection Information - Office: Van Nuys District Office

Inspection Nr: 112172192

Report ID: 0950643

Date Opened: 06/02/1993

Site Address:
Industrial Battery Engin. Co.
9121 De Garmo Ave.
Sun Valley, CA 91352

Mailing Address:
, , 00000

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:3691

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 07/21/1993

Planning Guide: Safety-Manufacturing

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 09/21/1993

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	361362163

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations				1		1
Current Violations				1		1
Initial Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$100	$0	$100
Current Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$100	$0	$100
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	3314 G	07/23/1993	08/16/1993	$100	$100	$0		-

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 741173

Event: 04/27/1993

Employee pinches finger while cleaning hopper

At about 7:15 a.m. on April 27, 1993, Employee #1, a maintenance and production worker at a battery manufacturing company, was cleaning a mixing hopper on a lead pasting machine. He was using a small hand-held spatula to scrape the larger pieces of dried lead compound in preparation for a high pressure water cleaning. Because the hopper contained off-set mixing bars, he routinely turned the machine on and off to reposition the bars for cleaning access. The power was on for such a maneuver when he was distracted by a coworker. Employee #1's right index finger was pinched between a revolving mixing bar and the hopper case.

Keywords: MIXER BLADE, FINGER, WORK RULES, CLEANING, CAUGHT BY, LOCKOUT, HOPPER, INATTENTION

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	112172192			Non Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Molding and casting machine operators

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