Volt Information Sciences, Inc: OSHA inspections and violations

Incident on Sep 19, 2013: Employee is struck and injured by fire extinguisher

At approximately 4:00 p.m. on September 19, 2013, Employee #1, a household hazar dous waste worker, was disposing of a portable fire extinguisher pressurized cyl inder. As he set it down and opened the valve on the portable fire extinguisher, the extinguisher valve blew open and sent the pressurized cylinder flying and s truck his leg. Employee #1 sustained a serious and unspecified leg injury. Emerg ency medical personnel were summoned. They arrived and transported Employee #1 t o a medical center, where he received treatment and was hospitalized.

Incident on Apr 19, 2013 (fatal): Employee is killed by falling glass sheets

At approximately 10:30 a.m. on April 19, 2013, Employee #1, with Volt Informatio n Sciences, Inc., was disposing a load of glass sheets, with the assistance of t wo coworkers. The glass, which consisted of seven sheets weighing approximately 100 pounds each, was loaded on one side of a metal A-frame cart. The two coworke rs were stationed on either side of the cart to move it, and Employee #1 was ste adying the glass sheets. As the cart was being positioned, the glass load, which was not secured, fell forward, crushing and killing Employee #1.

Incident on Mar 14, 2006: Employee amputates two fingers while using table saw

On March 14, 2006, a company that manufactured furniture, cabinets, and accessor ies employed a temporary worker. The company was located in Los Angeles, Califor nia, and leased the worker from an employee leasing service. The worker was assi gned to work in the employer's woodworking shop at a table saw (Powermatic Model 66, and Serial Number 95661667). According to the interviews obtained during an accident investigation, and the employer's accident reports, the table saw was not equipped with a guard nor had an anti-kickback device. The employee was wear ing a glove on his left hand, while cutting pieces of ebony wood, and received t wo fingertip amputations (left hand index and middle fingers), when his gloved h and made contact with the back of the unguarded saw blade. The employee was firs t taken to the Hollywood Health Clinic and was subsequently transported to Ortho pedic Hospital, where he underwent surgery. He was hospitalized overnight. He ha d been working with the table saw for approximately two weeks before his acciden t. The employee stated that he had not received safety training on operating the table saw and never received training on the hazards of working without a guard and anti-kickback device. He reported that all of the table saws in the facilit y were unguarded.

Incident on Sep 29, 2004: Employee injures hand in automated rebar-bending machine

On September 29, 2004, Employee #1 was working in the rebar department, where re bar is stored, cut, bent, and formed into various shapes. Within the department, an automated rebar-bending machine would shape rebar into predetermined angles. Several pieces of rebar were set in place, and Employee #1 accidentally activat ed the machine. When initiated, the turntable based bending pin rotated, bending the rebar against stationary pins. Employee #1's right hand was caught between the rebar and stationary pin, causing severe soft tissue damage to his right mid dle and ring fingers that required surgery and skin grafts. A coworker transport ed him to a medical center, where he was hospitalized for the medical procedures and then released.

Incident on Apr 11, 2003: Employee injured while operating forklift

At approximately 12:05 a.m. on April 11, 2003, Employee #1 was operating a Raymo nd Reach Truck forklift, Model Number EASI-R3OTT/EZ-A-01-21230, in a warehouse. There was some juice spilled on the floor that was mopped up and cones were plac ed in the area to warn the forklift drivers of the wet conditions. Employee #1 w as driving through the wet area when the Reach Truck started to skid towards a p ole during a turn. He stuck his foot out of the Reach Truck and his left foot wa s crushed between the pole and the Reach Truck. He suffered a left heel avulsion and was transported to St. Jude Medical Center in Fullerton, CA for treatment

Incident on Dec 31, 2002: Employee injured when run over by fork lift

At approximately 6:10 a.m. on December 31, 2002, Employee #1 was riding on the f orks of a Komatsu Forklift Number 3, Model Number FB25SH- 4, Serial Number 31686 A. As the forklift began to slow down, Employee #1 attempted to get off the fork lift and had his left foot on the forks and his right foot on the cement floor. As Employee #1 was getting of the forklift, the operator of the forklift started to turn the forklift around. The back tire of the forklift ran over Employee #1 's right foot. Employee #1 suffered five broken toes and was hospitalized.

Incident on Feb 17, 2000: Employee's pelvis fractured in fall through ceiling

At approximately 8:00 p.m. on February 17, 2000, Employee #1, of Volt Informatio n Sciences, Inc., was installing 10 ft lengths of 1/2 in. metal conduit in the a ttic of a room at Wilson Middle School in Pasadena, CA, when the wooden stud and ceiling material gave way. He fell 13 ft 5 in. to the floor of the classroom an d suffered a fractured pelvis, for which he was hospitalized for six days. Accor ding the employer, there were no witnesses to the accident.

Incident on Oct 4, 1997: An employee fell from a ladder

An employee was installing a telephone at a residence. The employee was ascendin g a 1.8-meter stepladder to gain access to a telephone protector located 3.4 met ers above the ground. As he was about to advance to the second highest rung, the ladder foot slipped, and he fell. He suffered a dislocated left shoulder, a col lapsed left lung, and a fractured left heel. He was hospitalized for 2 days.

Incident on Jan 4, 1991: Employee burned by explosion in manhole

Two electricians arrived at a manhole to work in an underground vault. One of th em put the probe of his Gastech meter into the manhole with the cover in place. He made tests at the bottom of the 2.5 to 3.5 meter deep vault and about halfway down; all the tests were negative. The other employee began to remove the manho le cover with a cover removal tool. When the cover was about half off, an explos ion occurred in the manhole. The employee removing the manhole cover, who was st anding at the top of the manhole, sustained burns over his face and chest. He wa s admitted to the hospital in serious condition.