Inspection Detail

Inspection: 310411103 - Nor-Cal Products, Inc.

Inspection Information - Office: Sacramento District Office

Inspection Nr: 310411103

Report ID: 0950621

Date Opened: 03/14/2007

Site Address:
Nor-Cal Products, Inc.
1967 S Oregon St
Yreka, CA 96097

Mailing Address:
, , 00000

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:3632

NAICS: 335222/Household Refrigerator and Home Freezer Manufacturing

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 03/14/2007

Planning Guide: Safety-Manufacturing

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 07/16/2008

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	362332496

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	1			1		2
Current Violations	1			1		2
Initial Penalty	$18,000	$0	$0	$750	$0	$18,750
Current Penalty	$3,000	$0	$0	$750	$0	$3,750
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	Other	3314 G02 A	04/12/2007	05/15/2007	$750	$750	$0	04/26/2007	J - ALJ Decision
2.	02001	Serious	3314 D	04/12/2007	04/17/2007	$3,000	$18,000	$0	04/26/2007	J - ALJ Decision

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 202484804

Event: 02/12/2007

Employee's Fingers Are Amputated When Caught in Belt Pulley

At approximately 2:50 p.m. on February 12, 2007, an employee and a coworker were testing the Servo control on the Lucas Number 3 Horizontal Boring machine. According to all accounts the Lucas Number 3 was locked and tagged out during the initial installation of the Servo motor. Following the installation of the motor the Lucas Number 3 was energized to test the repair. Immediately, a servo motor overload alarm displayed and the employee and the coworker returned to a troubleshooting mode. The coworker was tracing and checking wire connections within the control cabinet located on the side of the servo motor. The employee was testing the Servo motor by reaching in to the housing compartment of the motor pulley, drive belt, and spindle drive pulley to pull down on the idle drive belt; expecting the servo to sense the slight movement and respond by bringing in back to its original idle position. The employee stated that he had observed the previous maintenance manager test the servo this way as well as the out serviced technical support personnel, and had preformed the same test in the presence of the previous maintenance manager with the expected outcome. Rather than returning to idle as it had during previous tests, the servo started rapidly, pulling the employee's left hand into the spindle drive pulley severely cutting his second and third fingers. Although he was not hospitalized for greater than 24 hours, the employee stated that there was some bone loss to the tip of his left middle finger.

Keywords: MAINTENANCE, AMPUTATED, BELT, FINGER, LOCKOUT, CAUGHT BETWEEN, PULLEY, PUMP

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	310411103			Non Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Helpers, mechanics and repairers

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