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Inspection Information - Office: Ca Van Nuys | ||||
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| Nr: 126085695 | Report ID: 0950643 | Open Date: 05/23/2002 | ||
| Pick Your Parts | ||||
| 9128 Tujunga St. Sun Valley, CA 91352 | Union Status: NonUnion | |||
| SIC: 5093/Scrap and Waste Materials | ||||
| Inspection Type: | Accident | |||
| Scope: | Partial | Advanced Notice: | N | |
| Ownership: | Private | |||
| Safety/Health: | Safety | Close Conference: | 07/24/2002 | |
| Close Case: | 07/24/2002 | |||
| Related Activity: | Type | ID | Safety | Health |
| Accident | 362516205 | |||
Accident Investigation Summary | ||||||
| Summary Nr: 201113743 | Event: 01/30/2002 | Employee Injures Finger In Baling Machine | ||||
| At 9:45 a.m. on January 30, 2002, Employee #1, a laborer with Pick Your Part, a metal salvage company in Sun Valley, CA, was cleaning an area around a Nichols Conveyor Baler (Model Number LA006HD86, Serial Number 6755). After he noticed a piece of license plate sticking out of the protective slits in the baler, he tried to force the license plate back into the machine with a pry bar. The machine operator raised the ram, causing the pry bar to become wedged in the baler. This pinned Employee #1's left hand between the pry bar and the license plate. He was hospitalized at Valley Occ-Medical Center in San Fernando, CA for an amputated tip of his left middle finger. Although he was not assigned to the baler machine, Employee #1 was aware he broke a safety rule regarding pinch points for which he received prior training. | ||||||
| Keywords: amputated, finger, cleaning, caught between, baler, ram | ||||||
| Inspection | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |||
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| 1 | 126085695 | Hospitalized injury | Amputation | Laborers, except construction | ||