Robert Talbott Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Incident on Apr 2, 2018: Employee sustains head injury when struck by bracket

At 1:00 p.m. on March 14, 2018, an employee was working as a janitor for a firm that manufactured men's and boy's clothes and furnishings for sale in its stores. He was an employee of the firm, and not a contract employee. He was working at a facility in which clothing was manufactured. He was working in the basement of the facility. He was disassembling shelves. The employee had been instructed to remove the shelves because the facility was closing down. He was disassembling a shelf when a bracket grazed his shoulder. The employee continued working and reported the incident to his employer the next day. He reported that he suffered from headaches. He had sustained a possible head injury. He drove himself to Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital, where he was hospitalized. He had sustained a head injury, and he was hospitalized for more than 24 hours. The incident was reported at 1:20 p.m. on March 19, 2018. The employer did not comply with the requirement of reporting within 8 hours after learning of a serious injury or hospitalization. The investigation was opened at 11:00 a.m. on April 18, 2018.

Incident on Aug 18, 1999: Employee severs finger with a cutter

At approximately 11:00 a.m., Employee #1 was operating a cutter to excise ties f rom a stack of combined tie patterns when he placed his hand in direct contact w ith the blade and amputated his finger. During the excising of the ties, he made one or two passes on the material. Being right handed, he was cutting from the right side. He then cut the machine off and positioned it to his left, and proce eded to turn the patterns around to a new cutting angle. In doing so, he brought his right index finger into contact with the blade of the tie cutter while it w as still rotating. He was transported to the hospital where he underwent surgery to repair the damage to his finger.