Inspection Detail

Inspection: 119820793 - Bmk Inc

Inspection Information - Office: Monrovia District Office

Inspection Nr: 119820793

Report ID: 0950644

Date Opened: 12/10/2001

Site Address:
Bmk Inc
7026 E Slauson Ave
Commerce, CA 90040

Mailing Address:
7101 E Slauson Ave, Commerce, CA 90040

Union Status: Union

SIC:4225

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Complete

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 01/04/2002

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 03/14/2002

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	362550824
Accident	362551350

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	2			4		6
Current Violations				3		3
Initial Penalty	$10,120	$0	$0	$1,120	$0	$11,240
Current Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$750	$0	$750
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	Latest Event	Note
1.	01001	Other	23400022 A	01/04/2002	02/04/2002	$0	$280	$0	I - Informal Settlement	Citation has been deleted.
2.	01002	Other	23400023	01/04/2002	02/04/2002	$0	$280	$0	I - Informal Settlement	Citation has been deleted.
3.	01003	Other	23400024	01/04/2002	02/04/2002	$150	$280	$0	I - Informal Settlement
4.	01004	Other	23500011	01/04/2002	02/04/2002	$0	$280	$0	I - Informal Settlement
5.	02001	Other	23400026	01/04/2002	01/18/2002	$600	$5,060	$0	I - Informal Settlement
6.	03001	Serious	23400017 A	01/04/2002	01/18/2002	$0	$5,060	$0	I - Informal Settlement	Citation has been deleted.

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 201794898

Event: 11/28/2001

Employee injured in fall from pallet

At about 8:10 a.m. on November 28, 2001, Employee #1 of Bmk Inc, located in Commerce, California, was operating a crown order picker Number 25. Employee #1 was standing on a standard wooden pallet about 6 ft above the cement floor of the warehouse. He was removing small boxes from the pallet and placing them on shelves. As Employee #1 moved toward the front of the pallet, it tipped down a little causing him to lose his balance and fall off the pallet. Employee #1 landed on his head. Employee #1 was transported to the USC Medical Center and later he was transferred to Downey Community Hospital. Employee #1 spent five days in the hospital due to a fractured right wrist, and a fractured skull in two places. At the time of the accident Employee #1 was wearing an approved safety harness and an approved retractable lanyard was attached to the frame of the order picker. The employer enforced the use of fall protection. Employee #1 said that he always used fall protection but must have forgotten to attach the lanyard to his safety harness that time. Another employee said that most of the boxes had been removed from the elevated pallet prior to Employee #1's falling.

Keywords: FRACTURE, HEAD, WAREHOUSE, LANYARD, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, PALLET, LOST BALANCE, WRIST

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	119820793			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Freight, stock and material handlers, n.e.c.

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