CA General Services: OSHA inspections and violations

Incident on Aug 20, 2006: Employee's hand is injured by press roller

On August 20, 2006, Employee #1, a printing assistant, was cleaning the rollers of a Lithographic Web Press. He turned off the machine and cleaned the ink ball roller with extension tools. After turning the machine back on, he noticed some ink spots on the ink ball roller. Without deenergizing the machine, Employee #1 reached in to the wipe the rollers with a rag. His hand became caught in the nip point between a form roller and a metal roller and was pulled partially into th e machine. Coworkers freed Employee #1 from the press. He was hospitalized for l acerations and an infection.

Incident on Dec 19, 2002: Employee fractures both legs after falling onto flat roof

On December 19, 2002, Employee #1, who was working for the State of California D epartment of General Services, was part of a 3-man crew assigned to remove sever al sunscreens dangling from a window at the EDD office building. Using an extens ion ladder, Employee #1 climbed the ladder while the other two employees held on to the ladder. As Employee #1 was trying to twist a large screen off its track, a gust of wind caught the screen and Employee #1 lost his balance and fell onto the flat roof the crew was working from, landing on his feet. Medical assistance was called. The City of Sacramento Fire Department responded and transported Em ployee #1 to University of California at Davis Medical Center in Sacramento, Cal ifornia. Employee #1 fractured both legs and was released from the hospital on J anuary 24, 2003.

Incident on Dec 30, 1996: Employee's hand injured in offset press rollers

At approximately 11:28 p.m. on December 30, 1996, Employee #1 was preparing to r un a printing job on a Hantscho Mark IV offset press, serial #W-588, that was eq uipped with a Mark II sheeter unit. She noticed the necessary water was not on t he sheet. When she checked the water level, she observed the water roller was we t. She touched the adjacent ductor roller and found that it was hot, dry, and st icky. Her hand became caught and was drawn in between the in-running water rolle r and the water ductor roller. She sustained injuries that required hospitalizat ion. The in-running rolls were not guarded.

Incident on May 21, 1992: Employee's thumb and fingers amputated during repair work

At approximately 1:15 p.m. on May 21, 1992, Employee #1, a stationary engineer, was working on an air conditioning condenser on the roof. He had placed a wrench on the condenser coils and was turning off the unit before adjusting a loose be lt when he heard a loud noise and felt pain in his right wrist. Employee #1's in dex and middle fingers on his right hand had been severed and his right thumb wa s nearly amputated. He was able hold his right wrist tightly with his left hand and climb down a fixed ladder to get help. The severed fingers were recovered, p laced on ice, and reattached at the hospital. At the time of this report, Employ ee #1 was expected to would regain use of his thumb, index, and middle fingers.