Inspection Detail

Inspection: 306996174 - Farwest Steel Corporation

Inspection Information - Office: Nv-E-Reno 0953210

Inspection Nr: 306996174

Report ID: 0953210

Date Opened: 10/01/2003

Site Address:
Farwest Steel Corporation
955 Deming Way
Sparks, NV 89431

Mailing Address:
955 Deming Way, Sparks, NV 89431

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:3449

NAICS: 332312/Fabricated Structural Metal Manufacturing

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 10/01/2003

Planning Guide: Safety-Manufacturing

Emphasis: S:Mfg 2992-3462

Case Closed: 12/26/2003

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	102267804

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	1			1		2
Current Violations	1			1		2
Initial Penalty	$225	$0	$0	$0	$0	$225
Current Penalty	$225	$0	$0	$0	$0	$225
FTA Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0

Violation Items
#	Citation ID	Citaton Type	Standard Cited	Issuance Date	Abatement Due Date	Current Penalty	Initial Penalty	FTA Penalty	Contest	Latest Event	Note
1.	01001	Serious	618037501	10/17/2003	10/10/2003	$225	$225	$0		-
2.	02001	Other	19100178 L06	10/01/2003	10/10/2003	$0	$0	$0		-

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 202251153

Event: 09/24/2003

Employee is injured when struck by rebar

Employee #1 was loading 0.625-inch rebar into a MEP rebar bending machine. He could not feed the rebar into the first pulley so he re-bent the end of the rebar. He again tried to feed it into the first pulley and it still would not fit. He then loosened the pulley to feed the end of the rebar into the first pulley. The employee then went to the control panel to feed the rebar to the second pulley. He thought he turned the "in" switch but the rebar popped out of the pulley and struck him in the mouth, knocking out a front tooth on the lower right side of his mouth.

Keywords: REBAR, MOUTH, MACHINE OPERATOR, STRUCK BY, FACE

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	306996174			Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c.

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