Employee Bridge: OSHA inspections and violations

Incident on Nov 8, 2017: Employee amputates two fingers while cleaning equipment

At 7:55 p.m. (according to the narrative) on November 8, 12017, an employee was working for a temporary staffing agency. The temporary staffing agency was the employee's primary employer. It had sent him to work at a food packing warehouse. The secondary employer was a national membership wholesaler and retailer of groceries and other household and office supplies. Foods such as nuts and trail mixes were packaged at the facility and transported to the national chain's stores. A supervisor for the secondary employer was the second shift supervisor. The employee was cleaning around a bucket elevator machine at the facility's Line Area 1. The bucket elevator was an RBM Model Number LH-SW-S-18 Conveyor System, with Serial Number 11-J134-113. The employee was cleaning the frame and the chain of the bucket elevator. As he was cleaning, the chain on the machine became energized. With his left hand, he accidentally reached into the nip point area of the chain and sprocket near the floor. His hand went into the point where the chain and sprocket met. The small finger and the middle finger on his left hand were amputated. The amputation of his small finger was accompanied by bone loss. The employee received medical attention and treatment at the UC San Diego Medical Center, in San Diego, CA. He was treated in the Emergency Room for under 24 hours and he was hospitalized. he was hospitalized.

Incident on Oct 25, 2017: Employee riding pallet jack falls and injures head

At approximately 5:00 p.m. on October 25 or 26, 2017, an employee was working for a temporary help service. She had been assigned to work at a warehouse for a large importer of bicycles to process orders for delivery by a parcel service. She and a coworker, who was from the same employment agency, had been wrapping a pallet. When they had finished wrapping the pallet, the employee and her coworker headed toward the time clock. The coworker grabbed a pallet jack to move the pallet. The employee asked if she could have a ride. The coworker allowed the employee to climb on the pallet jack. They proceeded to the time clock area. The coworker went to make a turn and clipped a pallet. The employee slid from the pallet jack and fell approximately 0.9 meters (3 feet) to the warehouse floor, hitting her head. She sustained a head injury with some bleeding. She was taken to a clinic. The clinic referred her to the LaPalma Hospital emergency room. She was then transferred to the University of California, Irvine, (UCI) Medical Center. She was hospitalized. It was not clear if speed was a factor. The cause of the incident was the coworker allowed the employee to ride on the pallet jack. Had he not allowed the employee to ride, the incident would not have happened. Once the agency was made aware of the incident, the Division was informed of the incident, on Monday, October 30, 2017. The primary employer complied with the reporting requirement.

Incident on Apr 17, 2017: Employee catches fingers in press brake and crushes three mi

At 4:30 p.m. on April 17, 2017, an employee was operating the RK Machinery Press Brake, Model # CFP-20T, Hydraulic Forming Press #4, Serial #101454603-1, to form a caliper cover plate between the two dies on the press brake. The employee reached between the two dies with his left hand and the machine cycled, crushing the employee's three middle fingers. The employee was hospitalized for a three day period.