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Inspection Detail
Inspection: 310491550 - Overhill Farms Inc
Inspection Information - Office: Long Beach District Office
Site Address:
Overhill Farms Inc
2727 E Vernon Ave
Vernon, CA 90058
Mailing Address:
, , 00000
Union Status: Union
SIC:2038
NAICS: 311412/Frozen Specialty Food Manufacturing
Inspection Type: Accident
Scope: Partial
Advanced Notice: N
Ownership: Private
Safety/Health: Safety
Close Conference: 09/29/2008
Emphasis:
Case Closed: 03/10/2009
| Type | Activity Nr | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accident | 102472818 |
| Violations/Penalties | Serious | Willful | Repeat | Other | Unclass | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Initial Violations | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||
| Current Violations | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||
| Initial Penalty | $18,000 | $0 | $0 | $800 | $0 | $18,800 |
| Current Penalty | $8,090 | $0 | $0 | $700 | $0 | $8,790 |
| FTA Penalty | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| # | 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 C | 09/29/2008 | 10/02/2008 | $700 | $800 | $0 | 10/16/2008 | F - Formal Settlement | |
| 2. | 02001 | Serious | 25000010 A | 09/29/2008 | 10/07/2008 | $350 | $5,400 | $0 | 10/16/2008 | F - Formal Settlement | |
| 3. | 03001 | Serious | 4075 A | 09/29/2008 | 10/07/2008 | $540 | $5,400 | $0 | 10/16/2008 | F - Formal Settlement | |
| 4. | 04001 | Serious | 4207 A | 09/29/2008 | 10/07/2008 | $7,200 | $7,200 | $0 | 10/16/2008 | F - Formal Settlement |
Investigation Summary
At approximately 12:17 a.m. on April 8, 2008, Employee #1 was working as an assembly worker for a firm that produced frozen foods. Frozen food entree plates were produced at the facility where she worked, which had 1,100 employees. She had been working there since December 4, 2006, performing the duties of an assembly worker, including ensuring that packaging equipment was working properly. At the time of the accident, she was performing a regularly assigned task of ensuring that a packaging machine was working properly. The machine was an FEMC Model Number 1192 655 heat sealer, with Serial Number 6982. It had stopped due to a jam of packaging film in the feed section. Employee #1 was adjusting the packaging film that had bunched up during a setup procedure. She reached her right hand under the machine guard and into the film carriers, without deenergizing the machine, to adjust the plastic film that had bunched up. The machine began a production cycle, crushing the tip of the middle finger on her right hand. She was transported to a local clinic for pain management and then to a local hand surgery center, the Western Hand Center, where the fingertip was amputated. There was also some bone loss. Following surgery, she was released.
Keywords: AMPUTATED, FINGER, GUARD, WORK RULES, CAUGHT BY, FOOD PACKAGING MACH, JAMMED, LOCKOUT, POINT OF OPERATION, MECH MAT HANDLING
| # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree of Injury | Nature of Injury | Occupation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 310491550 | Non Hospitalized injury | Amputation | Packaging and filling machine operators |