Inspection Detail

Inspection: 123900847 - Southland Micro Systems

Inspection Information - Office: Santa Ana District Office

Inspection Nr: 123900847

Report ID: 0950631

Date Opened: 07/25/2006

Site Address:
Southland Micro Systems
9400 Toledo Way
Irvine, CA 92618

Mailing Address:
, , 00000

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:3672

NAICS: 334412/Bare Printed Circuit Board Manufacturing

Inspection Type: Complaint

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 09/14/2006

Planning Guide: Safety-Manufacturing

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 08/24/2009

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	102479649
Complaint	201134434	Yes

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	1			2		3
Current Violations	1			2		3
Initial Penalty	$16,200	$0	$0	$5,650	$0	$21,850
Current Penalty	$16,200	$0	$0	$1,400	$0	$17,600
FTA Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0

Violation Items
#	Citation ID	Citation Type	Standard Cited	Issuance Date	Abatement Due Date	Current Penalty	Initial Penalty	FTA Penalty	Contest	Latest Event
1.	01001	Other	342 A	09/15/2006	09/20/2006	$750	$5,000	$0	10/06/2006	F - Formal Settlement
2.	01002	Other	3314 A	09/15/2006	09/20/2006	$650	$650	$0		-
3.	02001	Serious	3328 B	09/15/2006	09/20/2006	$16,200	$16,200	$0	10/06/2006	F - Formal Settlement

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 201147881

Event: 03/22/2006

Employee's Arm Is Caught in Machine

On March 22, 2006, Employee #1, a machine operator, was inspecting the LASERPRO 5530L AMISTAR, manufactured by Tenryu Technics Company (Model No. MT-5530LQ; Serial No. 13635-82087). During normal operations, after the preliminary setup, the machine operated completely automatically. The operator was there to keep an eye on the operation until the end of the current job. This machine checked the parts before mounting them on a circuit board. The rejected parts were automatically dropped in a small tray placed inside the machine. These rejected parts were considered useable and the operators were instructed to stop the machine, pick up these parts and feed them manually into the feed point of the machine. This machine had a Plexiglas cover with an interlock device, which stopped the machine as soon the cover was open. Approximately 6 years earlier, the interlock device was disabled by placing a piece of metal on the magnetic latch for the cover, and the machine was being operated with the cover open. This was done to speed up the process of reaching into the machine to place parts back on the trays, which occurred quite frequently during large jobs. The parts were being fed from a spool instead of a tray. When the spool ran out of parts, Employee #1 reached into the machine to pick up the rejected parts from the tray in order to feed them manually, while the machine was still operating. In doing so, his left arm was caught in the moving parts of the machine, causing multiple deep lacerations to his hand and forearm. Multiple surgeries were required to repair the damage, and he was hospitalized for four days.

Keywords: MACHINE OPERATOR, CAUGHT BY, INTERLOCK, LOCKOUT, LACERATION, ARM, UNGUARDED, MACHINE--MISC

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	123900847			Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.

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