Inspection Detail

Case Status: CLOSED

Inspection: 1396518.015 - Rugged Liner

Inspection Information - Office: Miosha General Industry Safety & Health Division

Inspection Nr: 1396518.015

Report ID: 0552652

Date Opened: 05/14/2019

Site Address:
Rugged Liner
951 Aiken St
Owosso, MI 48867

Mailing Address:
200 Universal Dr., Owosso, MI 48867

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:

NAICS: 336399/All Other Motor Vehicle Parts Manufacturing

Inspection Type: Referral

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 06/07/2019

Emphasis: N:Amputate

Case Closed: 07/23/2019

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Referral	1448094	Yes
Inspection	1405548	Yes

Case Status: CLOSED

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	2					2
Current Violations	2					2
Initial Penalty	$8,600	$0	$0	$0	$0	$8,600
Current Penalty	$4,300	$0	$0	$0	$0	$4,300
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	Contest	Latest Event	Note
1.	01001	Serious	408.11421(4)	06/26/2019		$2,800	$5,600	$0		I - Informal Settlement
2.	01002	Serious	408.11442(2)	06/26/2019	07/30/2019	$1,500	$3,000	$0		I - Informal Settlement

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 116240.015

Event: 04/18/2019

Employee's finger is amputated when machine cycles

At 1:30 p.m. on April 18, 2019, an employee was working as a machine operator for a firm that manufactured parts for motor vehicles. He was removing scrap and jammed strips from the material handler for extrusion machine #2. The parts were on a belt conveyor that deposited them on the fence for the machine. While the employee was doing this, the machine's unload table cycled. The small finger on the employee's right hand was crushed between the unload table's wheel and its track. The finger was amputated, and the injury required surgery. The employee was hospitalized. A possible contributing factor to the incident was that the employer had been aware for over a month that product was not always loading properly. There was an earlier incident at the same employer. In February 2019, an apprentice tool and die maker suffered a fractured finger while operating a Bridgeport mill or drill press. This incident was covered in OSHA investigation number 116805.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Belt Conveyor, Caught Between, Conveyor, Conveyor Belt, Crushed, Finger, Jammed, Lockout, Machine Cycled, Machine Guarding, Manual Mat Handling, Nip Point

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1396518.015	59	M	Hospitalized injury		Machine operators, not specified

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