Inspection Detail

Inspection: 307181008 - Weber Distribution

Inspection Information - Office: Monrovia District Office

Inspection Nr: 307181008

Report ID: 0950644

Date Opened: 05/01/2006

Site Address:
Weber Distribution
16509 Trojan Way
La Mirada, CA 90638

Mailing Address:
, , 00000

Union Status: Union

SIC:2051

NAICS: 311812/Commercial Bakeries

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 09/15/2006

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 12/19/2008

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	362602815

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations				3		3
Current Violations				3		3
Initial Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$2,450	$0	$2,450
Current Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$250	$0	$250
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	Latest Event
1.	01001	Other	3661 C	09/15/2006	09/30/2006	$0	$325	$0	I - Informal Settlement
2.	01002	Other	3203 A02	09/15/2006	09/30/2006	$0	$325	$0	I - Informal Settlement
3.	01003	Other	3650 S12	09/15/2006	09/30/2006	$250	$1,800	$0	I - Informal Settlement

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 202472684

Event: 04/12/2006

Employee Fractures Ankles and Back in Fall from Raised Forks

At approximately 6:30 p.m. on April 12, 2006, Employee #1 was working for Weber Distribution, which has operated a warehouse for food and beauty products for about 20 years in La Mirada, California. Employee #1 had been there for four months as a full-time employee. Employee #1 was standing on a pallet on the forks of a Raymond cherry picker in aisle number BP202 A; the forks had been elevated 117 inches. Employee #1 was retrieving some boxes from a storage rack, when the pallet he was on was hit by a forklift driven by another operator, causing Employee #1 to fall to the floor of the warehouse. He sustained multiple fractures to his ankles and lower back. He was taken to La Palma Community Hospital for medical treatment. He was hospitalized there for two nights before he was transferred to USC Medical Center for further treatment. A management official said that Employee #1 was wearing his harness while in the elevated position on the cherry picker, but he did not hook his harness to the retracting fall prevention device on the cherry picker platform, as required. The forklift driver who hit the cherry picker also gave the same statement. Employee #1, though, stated during a later interview that he was properly hooked to the fall device, but that the harness failed and he fell. An inspection of the harness, D-rings, and the attachment hooks on the cherry picker platform revealed no indications of any malfunction(s). The employer was cited for a violation of forklift operating rules, 1. T8CCR 3650 (s)(12): General (High) - Penalty $1,800.

Keywords: FRACTURE, WAREHOUSE, WORK RULES, COLLISION, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, MECH MAT HANDLING, STORAGE RACK, ELEVATED WORK PLAT

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	307181008			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Industrial truck and tractor equipment operators

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