Inspection Detail

Inspection: 300859832 - Tamco Steel, Inc.

Inspection Information - Office: San Bernardino District Office

Inspection Nr: 300859832

Report ID: 0950633

Date Opened: 10/04/2002

Site Address:
Tamco Steel, Inc.
12459-B Arrow Highway
258849 Cucamonga, CA 91739

Mailing Address:
P.O.Box 325, Rancho Cucamonga, CA 91739

Union Status: Union

SIC:3312

NAICS: 331111/Iron and Steel Mills

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 02/11/2003

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 03/18/2004

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	362456212

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	1					1
Current Violations				1		1
Initial Penalty	$18,000	$0	$0	$0	$0	$18,000
Current Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$300	$0	$300
FTA Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0

Violation Items
#	Citation ID	Citation Type	Standard Cited	Issuance Date	Abatement Due Date	Current Penalty	Initial Penalty	FTA Penalty	Contest	Latest Event	Note
1.	01001	Other	3241 C	02/11/2003	02/14/2003	$300	$18,000	$0	03/20/2003	J - ALJ Decision

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 201156452

Event: 10/03/2002

Employee fractures forearm when shifting rebars stike him

At approximately 12:45 p.m. on October 3, 2002, employee #1 working for a steel company that turned scrap steel into reinforcing bars (rebars) used in the construction industry was part of a three-person crew assigned to load bundles of 60-foot-long rebars onto a trailer. He was resting his arm on a rebar stack while the operator of a loading boom was lifting the bundle of rebars. As the bundle shifted, rebars came out of the stack, pinning employee #1's right forearm. He was taken to Arrowhead Regional Medical Center in Colton, California, where he was hospitalized and underwent surgery.

Keywords: LOADING, FRACTURE, REBAR, PINNED, FOREARM, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, SCRAP METAL, UNSTABLE LOAD

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	300859832			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators

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