Inspection Detail

Inspection: 120057856 - Betteravia Farms

Inspection Information - Office: Labor Enforcement Task Force (Letf) Unit - South

Inspection Nr: 120057856

Report ID: 0950645

Date Opened: 02/01/1993

Site Address:
Betteravia Farms
714 S. Blosser Rd.
Santa Maria, CA 93458

Mailing Address:
, , 00000

Union Status: Union

SIC:0723

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 02/03/1993

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 02/04/1994

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	362159030

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	5			2		7
Current Violations	5			2		7
Initial Penalty	$7,200	$0	$0	$500	$0	$7,700
Current Penalty	$3,900	$0	$0	$200	$0	$4,100
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
1.	01001	Other	1509 A	02/18/1993	02/26/1993	$0	$200	$0	03/15/1993	J - ALJ Decision
2.	01002	Other	1734 B	02/18/1993	02/19/1993	$200	$300	$0	03/15/1993	J - ALJ Decision
3.	02001	Serious	1734 A	02/18/1993	02/19/1993	$1,000	$1,500	$0	03/15/1993	J - ALJ Decision
4.	03001	Serious	3203 A07 C	02/18/1993	02/19/1993	$100	$200	$0	03/15/1993	J - ALJ Decision
5.	04001	Serious	1515 A	02/18/1993	02/19/1993	$1,000	$2,000	$0	03/15/1993	J - ALJ Decision
6.	05001	Serious	1735 J	02/18/1993	02/19/1993	$800	$1,500	$0	03/15/1993	J - ALJ Decision
7.	06001	Serious	1670 A	02/18/1993	02/19/1993	$1,000	$2,000	$0	03/15/1993	J - ALJ Decision

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 170695761

Event: 01/15/1993

Employee injured when struck by falling iron beam

At approximately 2:00 p.m. on January 15, 1993, Employee #1 was demolishing an old metal waste hopper structure with two coworkers. They had been working on this project for several days and had most of the structure down. Employee #1 was using a torch to cut the metal. He had cut one side of a horizontal beam about 8 ft long that had been held by two columns. At this time, the beam was only attached at one column. Employee #1 went down one tier (3 feet) to cut off a section at the columns when the iron beam above him fell and struck him on the head. His head was cut but he was not hospitalized. The weld on the other column was rusted. No hard hats were being worn. No job training had been provided. Employee #1 was a fork lift operator. No plan had been established to demolish the structure; the upper tier had not been dismantled before starting on the lower tier.

Keywords: BEAM, HEAD, DEMOLITION, AGRICULTURE, WORK RULES, INEXPERIENCE, LACERATION, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, UNTRAINED

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	120057856			Non Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators

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