Inspection Detail

Inspection: 119789147 - Plastic Dress-Up Company

Inspection Information - Office: Monrovia District Office

Inspection Nr: 119789147

Report ID: 0950644

Date Opened: 04/13/2004

Site Address:
Plastic Dress-Up Company
11077 East Rush Street
South El Monte, CA 91733

Mailing Address:
, , 00000

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:3089

NAICS: 326199/All Other Plastics Product Manufacturing

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 05/05/2004

Planning Guide: Safety-Manufacturing

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 05/05/2004

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	362595076

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 201797966

Event: 03/31/2004

Employee's finger fractured in a drill pit

At approximately 10:30 p.m. on March 31, 2004, an employee, a mold maker, had just finished welding a shaft to a drill pit to increase the drill pit's length and he was wearing net gloves, Interstate Gloves Inc., Part Number H20021. He then moved to the lathe, Cadillac, PDU Number: 130-9, Model Number 1749, Serial Number: 059138, to turn the new tool to the required diameter. He forgot to take off the gloves. As soon as he turned on the lathe his glove became entangled with the drill pit. The employee sustained a fracture of his right fifth finger. He was transported to U S Health Works in the City of Industry, and then transferred to Queen of the Valley Hospital in West Covina, where he was hospitalized and treated for fracture.

Keywords: FRACTURE, LATHE, FINGER, GLOVE

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	119789147			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Molding and casting machine operators

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