Inspection Detail

Inspection: 127370823 - Strescon Industries, Inc.

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

Inspection Nr: 127370823

Report ID: 0352430

Date Opened: 12/09/1996

Site Address:
Strescon Industries, Inc.
4501 Curtis Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21226

Mailing Address:
1014 Cromwell Bridge Road, Towson, MD 21286

Union Status: Union

SIC:3272

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Referral

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 12/11/1996

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 04/29/1997

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Referral	902200427	Yes

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	6			1		7
Current Violations	6			1		7
Initial Penalty	$7,875	$0	$0	$0	$0	$7,875
Current Penalty	$2,000	$0	$0	$0	$0	$2,000
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	19100213 A15	02/10/1997	02/12/1997	$500	$1,250	$0	I - Informal Settlement
2.	02001	Serious	19100213 B03	02/10/1997	02/12/1997	$500	$1,500	$0	I - Informal Settlement
3.	03001	Serious	19100213 H01	02/10/1997	02/12/1997	$250	$1,500	$0	I - Informal Settlement
4.	03002	Serious	19100213 H03	02/10/1997	02/12/1997	$250	$1,500	$0	I - Informal Settlement
5.	03003	Serious	19100213 S09	02/10/1997	02/12/1997	$250	$1,500	$0	I - Informal Settlement
6.	04001	Serious	19100305 G02 III	02/10/1997	02/13/1997	$250	$625	$0	I - Informal Settlement
7.	05001	Other	19100213 C03	02/10/1997	02/12/1997	$0	$0	$0	I - Informal Settlement

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 200960557

Event: 10/08/1996

Employee's wrist injured by flying piece of wood

At approximately 11:45 a.m. on October 8, 1996, Employee #1, the foreman, was hand-feeding ripped pieces of 2 by 4 wood stock into a ripsaw for dadoing. He was dadoing his third piece of lumber when the push stick he was using entered the throat opening from which the dado blades protruded; a wedge-shaped piece of wood sheered off and struck his right wrist. Employee #1 sustained a puncture wound and a severe laceration. Subsequent investigation by a private safety consultant for the employer found that a cover plate was supposed to cover the opening around the dado blades, which measured 10 in. long by approximately 2 in. wide on each side of the protruding blades. At the time of the accident, the employer did not possess one of these guards because it was their first time doing dado cuts.

Keywords: COVER, WORK RULES, SAW, INEXPERIENCE, LACERATION, STRUCK BY, FLYING OBJECT, UNGUARDED, PUNCTURE, WRIST

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	127370823			Non Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Sawing machine operators

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