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Inspection Detail
Inspection: 305477473 - Del Monte Foods
Inspection Information - Office: Long Beach District Office
Site Address:
Del Monte Foods
1054 Ways St
San Pedro, CA 90731
Mailing Address:
P O Box 1691, San Pedro, CA 90733
Union Status: Union
SIC:7389
NAICS: 561910/Packaging and Labeling Services
Inspection Type: Accident
Scope: Partial
Advanced Notice: N
Ownership: Private
Safety/Health: Safety
Close Conference: 12/22/2004
Emphasis:
Case Closed: 09/13/2010
| Type | Activity Nr | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accident | 362438277 |
| 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 | $750 | $0 | $750 |
| 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 | 3314 A | 12/23/2004 | 02/01/2008 | $750 | $18,000 | $0 | 07/29/2005 | L - State Settlement |
Investigation Summary
At 1:40 p.m. on August 11, 2004, Employee #1, a palletizer operator, was working at a pet food packaging company. The facility receives palletized loads of canned pet food and packages them in retail containers. Employee #1 was operating the depalletizer portion of line 4 at the time of the accident. The pallets contain layers of canned pet food separated by sheets of thick paper. After the pallet is placed in the palletizer, a sweep arm pushes the top layer of the cans onto a roller conveyor. A carriage with vacuum cups then picks up the paper separation sheets to store them. The pallet then rises slightly until the next layer of cans is at the height of the roller conveyor, and the process begins again. Without deenergizing the mechanized portions of the palletizer, Employee #1 reached into the depalletizer area to sweep away one remaining can and the vacuum carriage came down on the tip of his left ring finger. Employee #1 suffered a soft tissue avulsion and loss of the tuft of the distal phalanx. He believed that a depression in the surface of the pallet under the separation paper caught the can and prevented it from sliding.
Keywords: PALLETIZED CARGO, FINGER, PINNED, MACHINE OPERATOR, CAUGHT BY, LOCKOUT, PALLET
| # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree of Injury | Nature of Injury | Occupation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 305477473 | Non Hospitalized injury | Amputation | Packaging and filling machine operators |