Inspection Detail

Inspection: 114997000 - Imperial Stamping Corporation

Inspection Information - Office: Indiana Department Of Labor

Inspection Nr: 114997000

Report ID: 0551800

Date Opened: 03/11/1994

Site Address:
Imperial Stamping Corporation
23852 Reedy Drive
Elkhart, IN 46514

Mailing Address:
, , 00000

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:3469

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 03/25/1994

Planning Guide: Safety-Manufacturing

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 05/25/1994

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	361308513

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	3					3
Current Violations	3					3
Initial Penalty	$8,100	$0	$0	$0	$0	$8,100
Current Penalty	$4,575	$0	$0	$0	$0	$4,575
FTA Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0

Violation Items
#	Citation ID	Citaton Type	Standard Cited	Issuance Date	Abatement Due Date	Current Penalty	Initial Penalty	FTA Penalty	Latest Event
1.	01001	Serious	19100217 C03 IVB	04/15/1994	04/20/1994	$3,000	$3,000	$0	I - Informal Settlement
2.	01002A	Serious	19100217 D09 I	04/15/1994	05/03/1994	$1,575	$2,100	$0	I - Informal Settlement
3.	01002B	Serious	19100217 E01 I	04/15/1994	05/03/1994	$0	$0	$0	-
4.	01002C	Serious	19100217 E01 II	04/15/1994	05/03/1994	$0	$0	$0	-
5.	01003A	Serious	19100217 E03	04/15/1994	05/03/1994	$0	$3,000	$0	I - Informal Settlement
6.	01003B	Serious	19100217 F02	04/15/1994	05/03/1994	$0	$0	$0	-

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 976951

Event: 03/03/1994

Employee's finger amputated by punch press

At or about 3:15 p.m. on March 3, 1994, Employee #1 was operating a Toledo #7 80-ton full revolution mechanical power punch press. She was forming and punching a flat 12 gauge piece of steel that was 23 in. long and 2 1/2 in. wide into a bracket for a van part. The employee would insert the piece into the die area with her left hand, step on the foot control, then remove the part with her right hand. As she removed a part, the press reportedly cycled and caught her fingers in the die area. Three fingers on her right hand were amputated. The employee said that she did not step on the foot control and that the press came down on its own although she was wearing pull backs, which the employer admitted were not adjusted properly. According to the employee, the set-up man set them up for the part before it was formed and forgot that after the part is formed in this press, it is approximately 3/4 in. higher. He forgot to allow for this difference when he adjusted the pull backs for the employee. The next day the company advised all press operators that all parts will be inserted and removed by hand tools.

Keywords: POWER PRESS, WORK RULES, CAUGHT BY, POINT OF OPERATION, FOOT-POWERED PRESS, SET UP, PRESS OPERATOR, PUNCH PRESS

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	114997000			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Punching and stamping press machine operators

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