Cham-Cal Engineering Co: OSHA inspections and violations

Incident on Feb 3, 2015: Employee sustains a crushed finger while operating a tube cu

At 7:15 a.m. on February 3, 2015 an employee was operating a Modern Machine tube cutting machine to cut 20-foot lengths of 3/4 inch tube piping down to 2-1/2 sections when apparently a piece of tube pipe that had been cut did not come out of the machine. The employee shut off the power to the machine and opened the door to the inside where the pipe is fed into the cutter. A piece of the cut pipe had fallen from the holding plate and had become lodged against the holding plate and the body of the machine. The employee attempted to unwedge the piece of pipe when he apparently got his right ring finger caught between the edge of the pipe and the body of the machine. As he attempted to push the pipe downward so that it would fall into the finished piece trough, his finger got pinched between the pipe and the machine. The employee's right fourth finger was fractured. The distal joint of right ring finger was caught between two metal objects; 3/4 inch metal pipe and the frame of the machine. of the machine.

Incident on Mar 10, 2011: Employee's fingers are amputated by punch press

On March 10, 2011, Employee #1, a punch press operator who was a permanent full- time employee of a truck mirror parts manufacturer, was operating a part revolut ion punch press manufactured by Minster (Model Number 5, Serial Number 5ss-29954 ). The punch press had two-hand controls for activating the machine. An employee would place a metal tube to be flattened in the die on the left. The tube was t hen removed and inserted into the right side of the die, which punched holes in the flattened tube. The employers determined that to get the holes just as their client wanted, they would have Employee #1 hold the tube in the die horizontall y, which involved slightly lifting the tube up while in the die. Employee #1 wou ld then use a 7-inch brush dipped in oil to oil the die. A coworker was activati ng the buttons when Employee #1 quickly grabbed the brush to oil the die. As he was exiting the die area, the die closed on his hand and amputated his right rin g and pinky finger tips. Employee #1's wound was cleaned at UCI (apparently UC I rvine) Medical Center, and he was released. The employer called the Division to report the serious incident on the same day that it occurred.