Inspection Detail

Inspection: 126063270 - Nissin Foods (Usa) Co Inc

Inspection Information - Office: Los Angeles District Office

Inspection Nr: 126063270

Report ID: 0950641

Date Opened: 05/17/2000

Site Address:
Nissin Foods (Usa) Co Inc
2001 W. Rosecrans Ave.
Gardena, CA 90249

Mailing Address:
, , 00000

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:2099

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Complete

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 11/09/2000

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 06/27/2008

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	362572547

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	2					2
Current Violations	1			1		2
Initial Penalty	$39,375	$0	$0	$0	$0	$39,375
Current Penalty	$3,375	$0	$0	$700	$0	$4,075
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	Serious	4542 A	11/09/2000	11/15/2000	$3,375	$3,375	$0		-
2.	02001	Other	3314 A	11/09/2000	11/14/2000	$700	$36,000	$0	12/06/2000	F - Formal Settlement

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 201161890

Event: 05/11/2000

Employee's hand injured in dough mixer, later amputated

On May 11, 2000, Employee #1, a dough mixer at a noodle manufacturing plant, was working on a horizontal dough mixer. The machine had a mesh guard that was interlocked, and would stop the intermittently rotating blade, but there was another access point under the machine that, although guarded, was not interlocked. The mixer was forming balls of dough that would not pass through the lower opening, and Employee #1, instead of opening the upper guard, decided to try the lower access point. He removed the lower guard and was reaching up inside the mixer when the blade activated. Employee #1's wrist and hand sustained severe injuries, and his hand had to be surgically amputated. Although originally hired as a dough mixer, he had been recently working in other departments before returning to operate the dough mixer.

Keywords: ROTATING PARTS, AMPUTATED, GUARD, WORK RULES, MIXER, STRUCK AGAINST, INTERLOCK, LOCKOUT, HAND

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	126063270			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Food batchmakers

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