Inspection Detail

Inspection: 312363062 - University Of California, Berkeley

Inspection Information - Office: Oakland District Office

Inspection Nr: 312363062

Report ID: 0950614

Date Opened: 02/17/2011

Site Address:
University Of California, Berkeley
277 Wurster Hall
Berkeley, CA 94720

Mailing Address:
317 University Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720

Union Status: Union

SIC:8221

NAICS: 611310/ Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: StateGovt

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 04/26/2011

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 07/11/2011

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	361577323

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	2			5		7
Current Violations	1			6		7
Initial Penalty	$24,750	$0	$0	$3,505	$0	$28,255
Current Penalty	$18,000	$0	$0	$1,610	$0	$19,610
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	Latest Event
1.	01001	Other	3203 A04	04/29/2011	05/04/2011	$450	$700	$0	I - Informal Settlement
2.	01002	Other	3203 A07	04/29/2011	05/04/2011	$560	$935	$0	I - Informal Settlement
3.	01003	Other	3314 E	04/29/2011	05/04/2011	$0	$560	$0	I - Informal Settlement
4.	01004	Other	3314 G	04/29/2011	05/04/2011	$0	$750	$0	I - Informal Settlement
5.	01005	Other	3314 H	04/29/2011	05/04/2011	$0	$560	$0	I - Informal Settlement
6.	02001	Other	3314 J01	04/29/2011	05/04/2011	$600	$6,750	$0	I - Informal Settlement
7.	03001	Serious	3314 C	04/29/2011	05/04/2011	$18,000	$18,000	$0	I - Informal Settlement

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 202586657

Event: 02/01/2011

Worker Cuts Fingers on Planer Saw

At approximately 7:00 p.m. on February 1, 2011, Employee #1, a 26-year-old technician with University of California, Berkeley, was working in the Fabrication Shop along with a student aide and another coworker. A student was having a difficult time feeding a board into a planer machine. The board was getting stuck repeatedly and would not go through. Employee #1 proceeded to turn the machine "off" to determine the problem and a coworker unplugged the machine. Employee #1 and the coworker waited approximately five-minutes. Then, Employee #1 attempted to see if the cutters would rotate and if it was free. Both Employee #1 and the coworker believed the machine had stopped moving although it was too loud in the work area to hear any parts were still moving. Employee #1 placed his hand inside, but the machine blade was still moving. Employee #1 suffered a serious injury including loss of .5 to .75 inch of his middle and ring fingers, including bone loss and the complete loss of both fingernails. The planer machine involved in the accident was an Oliver Machinery Co. Model number 299 Surfacer, serial number 206720. The machine was in good working order at the time of the incident, had all required guarding/shielding in place, and had no known mechanical problems. The Oliver planer used a direct-drive motor to run the blade at 3,600 RPM. The direct-drive system resulted in a long spin down time, upwards of five minutes. The planer also had a "Stop All" handle on the left side of the machine that would stop the blade movement immediately when activated. On the day of the incident, the fabrication shop had a number of students waiting to use the Oliver planer machine. Employee #1 was not provided any safety training when he started his new job. He was not given any training on the specific features of the Oliver machine, including the long spin-down time or the presence of the "Stop All" blade brake. Employee #1 was not provided any training on how to lockout/tagout the Oliver planer or any other machine in the shop. The employer did not have a written lockout/tagout program or implement a lockout/tagout program.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, FINGER, LOCKOUT, INEXPERIENCE, UNTRAINED

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	312363062			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Occupation not reported

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