Pacific Forge Inc: OSHA inspections and violations

Incident on Nov 17, 2020: Employee injures hip and fractures leg when trips over fireh

At 5:18 a.m. on November 17, 2020, an employee was cleaning out a large metal bin with a firehose. He stepped over the firehose, which was laying on the ground next to the bin. When he turned the water off, he tripped over the hose, injuring his hip and breaking his lower leg. The employee was hospitalized.

Incident on Sep 15, 2010: Trim press operator amputates fingers

At approximately 12:30 p.m. on September 15, 2010, Employee #1 was working as a trim press operator for a firm that forged metal parts. He had worked full-time for this employer as a hammer operator or trim press operator for approximately 13 years. He was removing the tooling or dies from a 150-ton AIDA Model Number P P-XGC-150SU (2) trim press. First, he brought the upper ram or die down to the b ottom die by using the treadle switch in the jog mode. Next, he loosened all the bolts and clamps from both the dies. Then, he began raising the upper ram by jo gging the press up. While he was moving the upper ram upward with successive str okes by the treadle switch, his right hand, which was on the right end of the kn ock-out bar, was also moving up with the ram. It got caught or pinned between th e knock-out bar and the frame of the trim press. The index and middle fingers on his right hand were crushed. He was hospitalized, and the fingers were amputate d at the hospital.