Prudential Lighting Corp: OSHA inspections and violations

Incident on Jul 26, 2019: Employee fractures three fingers grinding when metal slips

At 2:15 p.m. on July 26, 2019, an employee was using a Burr King Model 760 Three Wheel Grinder mounted on a tabletop to grind a 4-inch by 6-inch metal plate. The procedure requires that the employee grind from side to side but the employee was grinding top to bottom instead. Due to the improper mounting of the grinder, the plate the employee was grinding slipped. The employee tried to grab the plate and caught his thumb between the plate and the table. The employee fractured his left hand middle finger, ring finger, and pinky. There were no witnesses to the incident. Coworker #1 alerted Coworker #2 (Supervisor) and Coworker #2 responded immediately. Coworker #2 called Coworker #3 (Manager) who in turn called 911. Emergency Medical Technicians arrived almost immediately, assessed the employee and transported him to the hospital, where he received medical treatment without hospitalization.

Incident on Sep 18, 2001: Employee injured when thumb amputated by punch press

At 1:00 p.m. on September 18, 2001, Employee #1 was employed as a machine operat or with Prudential Lighting in Los Angeles, California. Prudential Lighting prod uces lighting installations and fixtures using powered punching, bending, grindi ng, sawing and drilling operations where Employee #1 had been employed for seven months. At the time of the accident, Employee #1 was working alone using an ele ctric 22-ton E.W. Bliss C-22 inclinable punch press, Serial Number H68933, to no tch the corners off of a 20-guage sheet metal work piece measuring approximately 6 inches wide by 8 feet long. Actuation of the press can be accomplished using either hand controls or a foot pedal. Employee #1 was using a foot pedal to actu ate the press at the time of the accident. No point-of-operation guards or devic es were in place on the press. They had been removed by Employee #1's direct sup ervisor to accommodate a large die and the mode selector switch was set to singl e stroke. Employee #1 stated that when he attempted to clear some scrap metal fr om the press near the point of operation, the press cycled twice after pressing the foot pedal only once. When the press activated, the die came down onto Emplo yee #1's left hand, amputating approximately 4 centimeters off of his left thumb at the level of the third proximal phalanx. Employee #1 was initially transport ed to Stacy Medical Center until transferred to Los Angeles County USC Medical C enter for treatment.