Carbonlite Industries: OSHA inspections and violations

Incident on Jul 23, 2018: Employee fractures elbow after tripping over airline

At 9:50 a.m. on July 223, 2018, an employee was sweeping debris from under a collection unit when he tripped and fell over an airline that lying on the floor. The employee fractured his left elbow and was hospitalized.

Incident on Apr 23, 2012: Employee suffers injury to four fingers in rotary valve

At approximately 12:00 p.m. on April 23, 2012, Employee #1 a material handler, w as working producing clean bottle-grade flakes and pellets from Recycled Post Co nsumer plastic bottles. The employee brought a Philip screw driver from the main tenance shop and unscrewed an O-ring of a dust collection flexible pipe connecte d to metallic throat (dimensions, 6 in. long by 8 in. diameter) of a Pellet Ron, (Model #HE30-116) rotary valve for the plastic flakes & dust collection system. Employee #1 pulled down the flexible pipe off the throat of the running rotary valve to unclog and clean the dust. As Employee #1 accessed the rotary valve wit h his left hand and came in contact with the moving blades causing amputation in juries. The employee sustained amputation and degloving of his four left hand fi ngers. The rotary valve was not stopped and the power source deenergized to prev ent inadvertent movement prior to unclogging or cleaning the dust. Employee #1 w as taken to the Riverside Community Hospital, Riverside CA for treatment. Later he was sent to Keck Hospital of USC, Los Angeles, CA. for surgery. The employee was hospitalized for five days.