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Inspection Detail
Inspection: 300760444 - Us Filter
Inspection Information - Office: Long Beach District Office
Site Address:
Us Filter
1700 E 28th St
Signal Hill, CA 90806
Mailing Address:
, , 00000
Union Status: NonUnion
SIC:3569
NAICS: 0
Inspection Type: Accident
Scope: Complete
Advanced Notice: N
Ownership: Private
Safety/Health: Safety
Close Conference: 03/08/2001
Emphasis:
Case Closed: 09/13/2001
| Type | Activity Nr | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accident | 362031106 |
| Violations/Penalties | Serious | Willful | Repeat | Other | Unclass | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Initial Violations | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Current Violations | ||||||
| Initial Penalty | $0 | $0 | $0 | $300 | $0 | $300 |
| Current Penalty | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| FTA Penalty | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| # | Citation ID | Citaton Type | Standard Cited | Issuance Date | Abatement Due Date | Current Penalty | Initial Penalty | FTA Penalty | Contest | Latest Event | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 01001 | Other | 342 A | 04/23/2001 | 04/26/2001 | $0 | $300 | $0 | 06/15/2001 | J - ALJ Decision | Citation has been deleted. |
Investigation Summary
At 12:00 noon on January 23, 2001, Employee #1 was seriously injured when he fell from the bed of a flatbed truck while strapping down a shipment of water filter resin containers. Employee #1 was employed full time as a utility driver for a large water filtering corporation who supplies filtering systems for medical and industrial use. Employee #1 has worked for the company for 14 years and had been in this position for the past 3 years. The accident occurred in the yard of the Signal Hill branch office of the employer. The Signal Hill facility consists of a 40,000 square foot industrial building with offices, a small tank farm and parking lot. The facility caters to industries that depend on water purity in their processes. The company also filters water for use in medical facilities and has an FDA license. The facility supplies customers with Poly Tracts, which are 42 cubic foot filters containing a resin that purifies water. After a period of time the Poly Tracts become spent or unable to produce the water quality required. At this time the Poly Tracts are replaced with recharged units. On the day of the accident, Employee #1 had loaded a truck with Poly Tracts and was strapping down the containers using a 6-inch wide nylon strap with a metal triangle-shaped eye on one end and a free end used with a standard trucking ratchet device. As Employee #1 began tightening the strap with the ratchet, he noticed a fold in the strap at the top of the containers. Employee #1 loosened the strap, but the fold did not go away. Employee #1 then mounted the truck bed to unfold the strap manually. As Employee #1 pulled on the strap, the triangle eye, which, unknown to Employee #1, was not in the proper position, shifted to the correct position, giving slack to the strap and causing Employee #1 to lose his balance and fall 4.5 feet to the ground. Employee #1 was transported by the Signal Hill Branch Manager to Pacific Hospital in Long Beach, California, where he was hospitalized with a fracture.
Keywords: FRACTURE, FALL, FLATBED TRUCK
| # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree of Injury | Nature of Injury | Occupation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 300760444 | Hospitalized injury | Fracture | Truck drivers, heavy |