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Case Status: OPEN |
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Inspection Information - Office: Ca Long Beach District Office | ||||
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| Nr: 1473488.015 | Report ID: 0950635 | Open Date: 04/28/2020 | ||
| Brent-Wood Products Inc | ||||
| 777 Rosecrans Avenull Los Angeles, CA 90059 | Union Status: NonUnion | |||
| SIC: | ||||
| NAICS: 321999/All Other Miscellaneous Wood Product Manufacturing | ||||
| Mailing: 777 Rosecrans Avenull, Los Angeles, CA 90059 | ||||
| Inspection Type: | Fat/Cat | |||
| Scope: | Partial | Advanced Notice: | N | |
| Ownership: | Private | |||
| Safety/Health: | Safety | Close Conference: | 09/22/2020 | |
| Close Case: | ||||
| Related Activity: | Type | ID | Safety | Health |
| Accident | 1579981 | |||
Case Status: OPEN |
Violation Summary | ||||||
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| Serious | Willful | Repeat | Other | Unclass | Total | |
| Initial Violations | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||
| Current Violations | 2 | 2 | 4 | |||
| Initial Penalty | $33,750 | $0 | $0 | $410 | $0 | $34,160 |
| Current Penalty | $33,750 | $0 | $0 | $410 | $0 | $34,160 |
| FTA Amount | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Violation Items | |||||||||||
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| # | ID | Type | Standard | Issuance | Abate | Curr$ | Init$ | Fta$ | Contest | LastEvent | |
| 1. | 01001 | Other | 3664(A) | 09/22/2020 | $275 | $275 | $0 | 11/16/2020 | C - Contested | ||
| 2. | 01002 | Other | 3668(F) | 09/22/2020 | $135 | $135 | $0 | 11/16/2020 | C - Contested | ||
| 3. | 02001 | Serious | 3385(A) | 09/22/2020 | $14,850 | $14,850 | $0 | 11/16/2020 | C - Contested | ||
| 4. | 03001 | Serious | 3650(T)(29) | 09/22/2020 | $18,900 | $18,900 | $0 | 11/16/2020 | C - Contested | ||
Accident Investigation Summary | ||||||
| Summary Nr: 125715.015 | Event: 04/28/2020 | Employee Is Crushed And Killed By Falling Bin | ||||
| At 11:30 a.m. on April 28, 2020, an employee was working for a firm that made ca ble reels and other wooden and plastic reels. He was operating a Clark forklift. He was carrying a small garbage bin elevated by the forks. He drove this forkli ft toward a large dumpster bin. He parked the forklift directly in front of the large dumpster bin. He left the engine running. He put the forklift in neutral a nd set the emergency brake. The concrete surface that the forklift was parked on was on a five-degree incline. The forklift's wheels were not chocked or blocked . The employee dismounted the forklift and walked into a small open space gap be tween the small garbage bin and the large dumpster bin. While he was in this sma ll gap, the small garbage bin slipped off the forks. The small garbage bin crush ed the employee in the back and pinned him against the wall of the large dumpste r bin. The employee was killed. He was pronounced dead on the scene by the Los A ngeles County Fire Department at 11:33 a.m. on Tuesday, April 28, 2020. DOSH lea rned of this event at 1:03 p.m. on Tuesday, April 28, 2020, after it was reporte d to the Cal/OSHA Long Beach District Office. At 2:15 p.m.on Tuesday, April 28, 2020, the Division held an opening conference with the employer. | ||||||
| Keywords: back, brake failure, crushed, dumpster, equipment operator, falling object, forklift, forks, inadequate maint, ind trk operator, industrial truck, pinned, powered industrial vehicle, ppe, slope, sloping, struck by | ||||||
| Inspection | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |||
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| 1 | 1473488.015 | Fatality | Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators | |||