Inspection Detail

Inspection: 126083427 - Sunrider Mfg. L.P.

Inspection Information - Office: Monrovia District Office

Inspection Nr: 126083427

Report ID: 0950644

Date Opened: 05/09/2001

Site Address:
Sunrider Mfg. L.P.
320 S. 6th Ave.
Industry, CA 91746

Mailing Address:
13500 E. Nelson, Industry, CA 91746

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:2844

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 08/24/2001

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 09/14/2006

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	362550980

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	2			4		6
Current Violations				4		4
Initial Penalty	$23,060	$0	$0	$3,180	$0	$26,240
Current Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$600	$0	$600
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	Other	3203 A	08/24/2001	09/11/2001	$0	$935	$0	12/03/2001	F - Formal Settlement
2.	01002	Other	3203 B	08/24/2001	09/26/2001	$0	$375	$0	12/03/2001	F - Formal Settlement	Citation has been deleted.
3.	01003	Other	3314 F	08/24/2001	09/11/2001	$0	$935	$0	12/03/2001	F - Formal Settlement
4.	01004	Other	3314 H	08/24/2001	09/11/2001	$0	$935	$0	12/03/2001	F - Formal Settlement	Citation has been deleted.
5.	02001	Other	3314 A	08/24/2001	09/03/2001	$300	$18,000	$0	12/03/2001	F - Formal Settlement
6.	03001	Other	3214 B	08/24/2001	09/03/2001	$300	$5,060	$0	12/03/2001	F - Formal Settlement

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 201794336

Event: 05/07/2001

Mechanic Amputates Thumb

At approximately at 4:00 p.m. on April 7, 2001, a mechanic and two other employees working in a manufacturing plant were unjamming an Allen wrench from a Langen Case Packer carriage machine located in the envelope department. The machine was not completely deenergized. The Mechanic was aligning or doing fine adjustment of the rails when he discovered the small boxes were not aligned straight. They were going sideways. The mechanic was adjusting the rails while the machinery was on. He went inside to see if he could find out what was causing the problem. He adjusted the railing using the one of the Allen wrenches from the set. The rest of the Allen wrenches were placed on a long piece of metal that was in the path of the carriage. During this time, the mechanic was in and out of the machine making the adjustments, while the machine was on. The boxes became full, the carriage indexed forward and the mechanic's set of Allen wrenches stuck. The mechanic realized that the rest of his Allen wrenches were still inside the enclosure. The mechanic opened the interlocked door from behind him so that it would release the air. Employee #2 and Employee #3 opened the other two interlocked doors. The mechanic asked Employee #3 to close the red main valve but he was unable to push the red air valve. The mechanic pried out the set of Allen wrenches with his hand. The set of Allen wrench slipped and the carriage moved forward swiftly amputating his left thumb.

Keywords: WRENCH, MAINTENANCE, STUCK, INTERLOCK, THUMB, LOCKOUT, VALVE, DOOR

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	126083427			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Not specified mechanics and repairers

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