Inspection Detail

Inspection: 307454306 - T M Cobb

Inspection Information - Office: San Bernardino District Office

Inspection Nr: 307454306

Report ID: 0950633

Date Opened: 09/07/2004

Site Address:
T M Cobb
500 Palmyrita Ave
Riverside, CA 92507

Mailing Address:
500 Palymirta Ave, Riverside, CA 90207

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:2431

NAICS: 321911/Wood Window and Door Manufacturing

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 02/14/2005

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 02/14/2005

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	101158434

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 202439790

Event: 08/24/2004

Employee's finger is amputated while banding load

At approximately 9:00 p.m. on August 24, 2004, Employee #1, a laborer with T. M. Cobb Co., was using a FROMM battery-powered plastic strapping tool (Model Number P321) to band a pallet of wooden doors together for shipping. As he was placing an edge protector on a door under the plastic banding strap with his left hand, he activated the tool, and his left index finger became caught and squeezed between the banding strap and the edge protector. When Employee #1 jerked his hand to free his finger, the tip of the finger was pinched off. He was treated at the S.S. Healthworks Clinic in Riverside, and then hospitalized at Loma Linda University Medical Center for orthopedic surgery.

Keywords: PORTABLE POWER TOOL, AMPUTATED, PALLETIZED CARGO, FINGER, PALLET

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	307454306			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Freight, stock and material handlers, n.e.c.

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