Inspection Detail

Case Status: CLOSED

Inspection: 1239445.015 - Stellar Mold & Tool, Inc.

Inspection Information - Office: Eau Claire Area Office

Inspection Nr: 1239445.015

Report ID: 0523900

Date Opened: 06/13/2017

Site Address:
Stellar Mold & Tool, Inc.
20850 W Gale Ave
Galesville, WI 54630

Mailing Address:
20850 W Gale Ave, Galesville, WI 54630

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:

NAICS: 332313/Plate Work Manufacturing

Inspection Type: Referral

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 06/13/2017

Emphasis: N:Amputate

Case Closed: 11/22/2017

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Referral	1224068	Yes

Case Status: CLOSED

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	1			1		2
Current Violations	1			1		2
Initial Penalty	$5,070	$0	$0	$3,622	$0	$8,692
Current Penalty	$3,550	$0	$0	$1,811	$0	$5,361
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	Serious	5A0001	10/20/2017	11/03/2017	$3,550	$5,070	$0		I - Informal Settlement
2.	02001	Other	19040039 A02	10/20/2017	10/30/2017	$1,811	$3,622	$0		I - Informal Settlement

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 96909.015

Event: 05/31/2017

Employee's fingertip is amputated when a steel work piece fe

At 8:50 a.m. on May 31, 2017, an employee was lifting a metal work-piece out of the EDM with a manual magnetic lifting device. The employee's finger was crush between a metal work-piece and a material cart when the work-piece unexpectedly fell off the manual magnetic lifting device. The injured worker had lifted the work-piece out of an EDM machine and was manually wiping the bottom side of the work-piece with a rag to remove debris/cuttings before setting the work-piece on a material cart. The employee sustained a crushing injury which resulted in surgical amputation of the right middle fingertip.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Crushing, Falling Object, Finger, Struck By, Suspended Load

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1239445.015	45	M	Hospitalized injury		Machine operators, not specified

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