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Inspection Detail

Inspection: 307180208 - Pacon Inc

Inspection Information - Office: Monrovia District Office

 

Inspection Nr: 307180208
Report ID: 0950644
Date Opened: 02/17/2006

Site Address:
Pacon Inc
4245 N Puente Ave
Baldwin Park, CA 91706

Mailing Address:
4249 N Puente Ave, Baldwin Park, CA 91706

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:2821

NAICS: 325211/Plastics Material and Resin Manufacturing

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 07/31/2006

Planning Guide: Safety-Manufacturing

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 11/21/2008

Related Activity
Type Activity Nr Safety Health
Accident 362599649
Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties Serious Willful Repeat Other Unclass Total
Initial Violations 2 1 3
Current Violations 1 2 3
Initial Penalty $24,750 $0 $0 $465 $0 $25,215
Current Penalty $2,700 $0 $0 $60 $0 $2,760
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 3203 A 07/31/2006 08/10/2006 $0 $465 $0 I - Informal Settlement  
2. 02001 Other 3314 C 07/31/2006 08/10/2006 $60 $18,000 $0 I - Informal Settlement  
3. 03001 Serious 4187 A 07/31/2006 08/10/2006 $2,700 $6,750 $0 I - Informal Settlement  

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 202472536
Event: 02/01/2006
Employee Sustains Avulsion and Fractures in Knitting Machine

At approximately 3:15 p.m. on February 1, 2006, Employee #1 was working for Pacon, Inc., a manufacturer of plastics materials, in Baldwin Park, CA. Using a rag and cleaning solution, he was cleaning the inbound rollers on a plastic knitting machine while the knitting machine was running. His right hand became caught, and it was pulled into the inbound rollers of the knitting machine. He could not reach for the stop button to shut the rollers off. He sustained a crushing injury, lacerations, an avulsion, and fractures to his right hand. He was taken to Huntington Memorial Hospital, where he was hospitalized for ten days. Causal factors are that the knitting machine runs automatically, with the operator required to work within reach of running rollers with inbound nip points. There were no barriers at the inbound nip points of the rollers to prevent the operator's fingers from being caught in the nip points. There were no guards at the knee level to shut the machine off.

Keywords: FRACTURE, WORK RULES, CLEANING, DEGLOVED, LOCKOUT, ROLLER--MACH/PART, CAUGHT BETWEEN, POINT OF OPERATION, HAND, UNGUARDED

Investigated Inspection
# Inspection Age Sex Degree of Injury Nature of Injury Occupation
1 307180208 Hospitalized injury Fracture Occupation not reported
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