Snak King LLC: OSHA inspections and violations

Incident on Mar 29, 2010: Employee fractures wrist in machine trough

On March 29, 2010, Employee #1, a quality control technician, was cleaning water from the trough of an auger machine with her left hand. Her forearm got struck in running machine resulting in a fracture to her left wrist. The machine ran on a 480-volts AC power supply and was used for blending food raw materials. The m achine was not de-energized prior to the cleaning task, as required. The investi gator inspected the machine with the officials and found to be working alright a t inspection time. Employee #1, could not be interviewed about her accident and there were no direct witnesses to the accident. The employer was cited for a loc kout/tagout safety violation observed during the investigation of this accident. The employer did not report the accident to Cal/Osha but Division learned about same from an official of Fire Department who responded to the scene of accident . Employee #1, was taken to Queen of Valley Hospital for treatment and was relea sed about six hours later. Cal/Osha West Covina Office initiated an inspection w ith the management official at site on March 29, 2010.

Incident on Oct 25, 2007: Employee's hand lacerated un-jamming conveyor

At approximately 6:20 a.m. on October 25, 2007, Employee #1, a machine operator, was removing product that was stuck in a conveyor using a screw driver. His han d slammed on a sharp edge of the cover resulting in a deep laceration of his rig ht wrist. Employee #1 was hospitalized.

Incident on Jun 28, 2005: Employee amputates left middle finger

At approximately 9:45 a.m. on June 28, 2005, an employee working as a machine op erator, observed a cap that fell off the end of a tube that was on the hopper of a corn-curler machine. An auger was in the tube, transporting corn meal from th e hopper to the machine. The auger was rubbing against the cap during many hours of operation, which caused the cap to wear out become crooked. As the employee was placing the cap on the tube that housed the auger, his finger was pulled in to the tube due to the movement of the auger. Two-thirds of employee's left midd le finger was amputated.