Inspection Detail

Inspection: 119538841 - Hagerstown Bookbinding & Printing Company, Inc.

Inspection Information - Office: Department Of Labor, Licensing, And Regulation Division Of Labor And Industry Maryland Occupational Safety And Health

Inspection Nr: 119538841

Report ID: 0352450

Date Opened: 04/21/1995

Site Address:
Hagerstown Bookbinding & Printing Company, Inc.
952 Frederick Street, Po Box 190
Hagerstown, MD 21741

Mailing Address:
, , 00000

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:2752

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Referral

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 04/24/1995

Planning Guide: Safety-Manufacturing

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 10/03/1995

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Referral	902197383	Yes

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	1					1
Current Violations				1		1
Initial Penalty	$1,275	$0	$0	$0	$0	$1,275
Current Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
FTA Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0

Violation Items
#	Citation ID	Citation Type	Standard Cited	Issuance Date	Abatement Due Date	Current Penalty	Initial Penalty	FTA Penalty	Contest	Latest Event	Note
1.	01001	Other	19100212 A01	07/24/1995	07/26/1995	$0	$1,275	$0		I - Informal Settlement

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 170829246

Event: 04/21/1995

Employee's finger amputated by hopper

At 8:00 a.m., Employee #1 was monitoring the Mueller Martini 240 three knife book trimmer. Books measuring 6 in. by 9 in. came off a conveyor and dropped into the hopper before being fed toward the three knife trimming section. During book processing a 4 3/16 in. long and 1 1/4 in. wide opening was created in the metal hopper bed that allowed the hopper bed to go up flush to the next conveyor belt as it traveled back and forth. Because the opening was never thought to be a problem, it had never been guarded. When a book jammed in the hopper, a common occurrence, Employee #1 reached her right hand around the back of the hopper to free the jammed book. She placed her left hand on or near the hopper bed to brace herself, and unknowingly placed her left index finger over the opening in the metal plate hopper bed. Before she had time to clear the jammed book, the moving metal hopper bed had caught her finger in the opening and sheared off the fingertip just below the nail. Employee #1 was hospitalized but the fingertip could not be reattached.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, FINGER, JAMMED, STRUCK BY, HAND, UNGUARDED, HOPPER, INATTENTION

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	119538841			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Miscellaneous printing machine operators

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