Inspection Detail

Inspection: 310821509 - Harris Rebar Fresno Inc

Inspection Information - Office: Fresno District Office

Inspection Nr: 310821509

Report ID: 0950625

Date Opened: 08/01/2007

Site Address:
Harris Rebar Fresno Inc
1384 N Jackson Ave
Fresno, CA 93703

Mailing Address:
, , 00000

Union Status: Union

SIC:3449

NAICS: 332312/Fabricated Structural Metal Manufacturing

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 08/20/2007

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 10/31/2010

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	362057275

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	2			4		6
Current Violations				4		4
Initial Penalty	$22,385	$0	$0	$5,720	$0	$28,105
Current Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$3,910	$0	$3,910
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	342 A	08/21/2007	09/25/2007	$3,500	$5,000	$0	09/14/2007	J - ALJ Decision
2.	01002	Other	3203 A04	08/21/2007	09/25/2007	$125	$240	$0	09/14/2007	J - ALJ Decision
3.	01003	Other	3241 C	08/21/2007	09/25/2007	$0	$240	$0	09/14/2007	D - Govt Dismissed	Citation has been deleted.
4.	01004	Other	3272 B	08/21/2007	09/25/2007	$125	$240	$0	09/14/2007	F - Formal Settlement
5.	02001	Other	4999 E02	08/21/2007	09/25/2007	$160	$18,000	$0	09/14/2007	J - ALJ Decision
6.	03001	Serious	5042 A04	08/21/2007	09/25/2007	$0	$4,385	$0	09/14/2007	J - ALJ Decision	Citation has been deleted.

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 201089422

Event: 02/14/2007

Employee's Finger Is Amputated by Spreader Bar

On February 14, 2007, an employee was unloading a bundle of Number 9 rebar, 60-ft in length, weighing 5,800 lbs using a five ton overhead traveling crane with pendant controller and a twenty-two hundred pound "strong-back," spreader bar. The employee was lowering load into an empty bay of a horizontal racking system consisting channel iron "L" uprights and supports. The top of supports had been finished into a chisel shaped edge. The system was devised so the weight of rebar bundles stabilized the uprights in the vertical plane. One of the uprights was unstable, falling into the bay. The employee stabilized the upright with his left hand on the top of the upright, and lowered the load. As the load landed, the upright became fixed and the strong-back fell over or displaced striking the upright and the employee's finger resulting amputation from a pinch point action between the spreader bar and the rack system upright. An improper rigging of the strong-back directly to the bundling wires without a sling were the apparent cause of this injury. The employee was not hospitalized.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, HOISTING MECHANISM, REBAR, FINGER, CAUGHT BETWEEN, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, SPREADER BAR, UNSTABLE LOAD

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	310821509			Non Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c.

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