Inspection Detail

Case Status: CLOSED

Inspection: 1357219.015 - Conestoga Wood Specialties Corporation

Inspection Information - Office: Wilkes Barre Area Office

Inspection Nr: 1357219.015

Report ID: 0317700

Date Opened: 10/31/2018

Site Address:
Conestoga Wood Specialties Corporation
441 West Market Street
Beavertown, PA 17813

Mailing Address:
441 West Market Street, Beavertown, PA 17813

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:

NAICS: 321999/All Other Miscellaneous Wood Product Manufacturing

Inspection Type: Referral

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 10/31/2018

Emphasis: N:Amputate

Case Closed: 04/16/2019

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Referral	1396122	Yes

Case Status: CLOSED

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	1					1
Current Violations	1					1
Initial Penalty	$10,419	$0	$0	$0	$0	$10,419
Current Penalty	$7,293	$0	$0	$0	$0	$7,293
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	19100212 A01	03/11/2019	03/29/2019	$7,293	$10,419	$0		I - Informal Settlement

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 110874.015

Event: 10/29/2018

Employee partially amputates finger and lacerates thumb and

At 12:10 a.m. on October 29, 2018, an employee was operating a Holzma Optimat HPP 8138 Panel Saw when the saw unit would not lower after he pressed the start button. The employee pressed the stop button and walked into the blade compartment at the back of the machine. The employee was removing a jammed piece of wood by hand and his right hand touched the rotating main blade, partially amputating his pinky, lacerating his thumb, and lacerated his palm, cutting his ligament and causing some nerve damage. The employee was hospitalized.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Blade, Finger, Hand, Jammed, Laceration, Nerve damage, Panelboard, Partial Amputation, Saw, Struck By, Thumb

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1357219.015	35	F	Non Hospitalized injury		Machine operators, not specified

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