Marborg Industries: OSHA inspections and violations

Incident on May 21, 2013: Employee slips and falls five feet to the ground

At approximately 10:00 a.m. on May 21, 2013, Employee #1, of Marborg Industries, suffered a serious injury while he was recycling some materials. Employee #1 ne eded to lower a stack of 65-gallon trash containers to the floor of the flat bed truck, and remove one at a time, then assemble wheels onto the bottom of the co ntainer, roll it to the edge of the elevated lift gate and lower it down to the workers on the ground. When the accident occurred, Employee #1 was pulling the t op container from the stack, when he slipped on the wet surface of the lift gate where he was standing. At the time there was rain water on the lift gate, which had spilled out of the containers. Employee #1 fell forward and went through th e opening between the top guardrail and the middle rail and landed on the ground face down. Employee #1 indicated that he was knocked out for a few minutes. The other employees came over to help him; someone called 911 and tried to keep Emp loyee #1 still until the paramedics arrived. Employee #1 was taken to Santa Barb ara Cottage Hospital by ambulance. He was hospitalized until May 23, 2013. His i njuries included a fractured left thumb and an epidural hematoma on his right si de. No surgery was performed.

Incident on Apr 4, 2012: Employee amputates thumb in alligator shear

At approximately 1:00 p.m. on April 4, 2012, Employee #1 was working as a labore r for Marborg Industries, in Santa Barbara, CA. Marborg Industries was a recycli ng operation. Employee #1 was separating metals with an alligator shear. His han ds were near the blades of the shear to position a metal valve. At the same time , he pressed a foot pedal, activating the shear. The thumb of Employee #1's righ t hand was amputated. Employee #1 called to the safety manager to come to his as sistance. The safety manager transported Employee #1 to Santa Barbara Cottage Ho spital. Employee #1 was diagnosed by a doctor as having an amputated right thumb . He was in the hospital for approximately 2 hours for surgery. He was released that same day.

Incident on Jan 20, 2007 (fatal): Employee is killed when crushed between trucks

At approximately 1:19 p.m. on January 20, 2007, Employee #1 was working for a ga rbage collection company. He was working on a truck on site when a coworker was positioning another garbage truck near the one he was working on. The coworker's foot slipped onto the accelerator and pinned Employee #1 between the trucks, wh ere he suffered a head injury. Employee #1 was killed.