Inspection Detail

Case Status: CLOSED

Inspection: 1281784.015 - Unette Corporation

Inspection Information - Office: Parsippany Area Office

Inspection Nr: 1281784.015

Report ID: 0214200

Date Opened: 12/06/2017

Site Address:
Unette Corporation
1578 Sussex Turnpike
Randolph, NJ 07869

Mailing Address:
7650 Caterpillar Court Sw Suite D, Grand Rapids, MI 49548

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:

NAICS: 326199/All Other Plastics Product Manufacturing

Inspection Type: Referral

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 12/06/2017

Emphasis: N:Amputate

Case Closed: 01/07/2019

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Referral	1290943	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	$5,174	$0	$18,108	$0	$0	$23,282
Current Penalty	$12,000	$0	$0	$2,000	$0	$14,000
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	19100106 E09 I	01/23/2018		$2,000	$5,174	$0		I - Informal Settlement
2.	02001	Serious	19100212 A01	01/23/2018		$12,000	$18,108	$0		I - Informal Settlement

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 101863.015

Event: 12/01/2017

Employee burns and amputates finger while attending a packag

At 6:00 p.m. on December 1, 2017, an employee was repositioning plastic material on a roller of a A3-Flexible packaging machine as it was coming down to the heat dyes to seal the packaged material. The employee's hand grazed the heated dye metal and the employee's hand was burned. The employee then jerked his hand down toward the cutting blades as they were closing. He amputated the tip of his right index finger.

Keywords: Amputated, Burn, Equipment Operator, Finger, Hand

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1281784.015	35	M	Hospitalized injury		Packaging and filling machine operators

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