Incident on Oct 17, 1995: Employee's foot fractured by overturned storage rack
Employee #1, a temporary employee from Select Personnel Services, was stacking p allets of drums filled with latex on a metal storage rack in the warehouse of Va ns, Inc., a manufacturer of tennis shoes. He had gotten off the Mitsubishi forkl ift, model 015, to move an oil drum from the storage area and was beside the for klift. Although the cause of the accident is unknown, presumably the pallet of d rums resting on the front edge of the middle row of the storage rack caused it t o tip forward or collapse. Employee #1 was struck by the overturning storage rac k and sustained a broken right foot and bruised right thigh.
Citation and rule
Type
Proposed
Current
Issued
Status
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 3664 A17
Other-than-serious
$150
$150
Nov 7, 1995
Final
Inspection 120291406 OPENED MAR 23, 1995Closed
Complaint · Complete · Safety · 2 employees at the site · Closed Aug 3, 2007
Incident on Jul 23, 1993: Employee catches finger in press mold
Employee #1 was inserting a mold plate into the press mold when the press inadve rtently tripped, causing the press mold to compress the mold plate while Employe e #1's fingers were still under the press mold. The press mold is equipped with a switch that is operated or triggered when the mold press door housing mold pla tes is closed. It is unknown why the press mold became activated.
Citation and rule
Type
Proposed
Current
Issued
Status
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 342 A
Other-than-serious
$300
$300
Nov 12, 1993
Closed
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 4000 A
Serious
$300
$300
Nov 12, 1993
Closed
Inspection 111985859 OPENED APR 23, 1992Closed
Complaint · Partial · Safety · 1,800 employees at the site · Closed May 20, 1992
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2020, the Santa Fe Springs site logged 16 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 757 workers: 3.2 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 0.0 for its industry. Those cases cost 413 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Vans Distribution Center - SFS
Santa Fe Springs · 2020
757
16
13
3.2
0.0
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
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