Inspection Detail

Inspection: 314994294 - Valley Iron Works, Inc.

Inspection Information - Office: Modesto District Office

Inspection Nr: 314994294

Report ID: 0950624

Date Opened: 11/14/2011

Site Address:
Valley Iron Works, Inc.
127 E Harney Lane
Lodi, CA 95240

Mailing Address:
, , 00000

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:3441

NAICS: 332312/Fabricated Structural Metal Manufacturing

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 11/17/2011

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 12/19/2011

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	102724374

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations				1		1
Current Violations				1		1
Initial Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$150	$0	$150
Current Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$150	$0	$150
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	3328 E	11/22/2011	12/15/2011	$150	$150	$0		-

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 202521761

Event: 10/19/2011

Employee Suffers Partial Finger Amputation

On October 19, 2011, Employee #1, of Valley Iron Works, Incorporated, was sanding down the edges of a metal bracket with a bench disc sander. The metal bracket was caught in a small groove in the sanding wheel. It flipped the metal up into the wheel, along with the employee's right thumb. The groove formed because of the old glue, which had not been completely scraped off prior to applying the new sanding pad. Employee #1 was transported to the hospital and treated for a partial thumb amputation that he sustained during the incident.

Keywords: WHEEL, SANDING MACHINE, AMPUTATED, GLUE, FINGER, THUMB, CAUGHT BETWEEN

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	314994294			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Miscellaneous machine operators, n.e.c.

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