Inspection Detail

Case Status: CLOSED

Inspection: 1400197.015 - Pf Nonwovens, Llc

Inspection Information - Office: Wilkes Barre Area Office

Inspection Nr: 1400197.015

Report ID: 0317700

Date Opened: 05/13/2019

Site Address:
Pf Nonwovens, Llc
101 Green Mountain Road
Hazleton, PA 18202

Mailing Address:
101 Green Mountain Road, Hazleton, PA 18202

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:

NAICS: 313230/Nonwoven Fabric Mills

Inspection Type: Referral

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 05/22/2019

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 06/12/2019

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Referral	1452467	Yes

Case Status: CLOSED

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations				1		1
Current Violations				1		1
Initial Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$7,814	$0	$7,814
Current Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$4,688	$0	$4,688
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	Other	19040039 A02	05/24/2019		$4,688	$7,814	$0		I - Informal Settlement

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 116177.015

Event: 05/02/2019

Employee burns hand while cleaning machine

At 11:45 a.m. on Thursday, May 2, 2019, an employee was working as a machine operator at a nonwoven fabric mill. He was operating a Kelviplast roll machine. The machine made nonwoven fabrics. The machine had a part called a C beam diffuser. Fibers had become clumped on the bottom of the C beam diffuser and the side of the beam. The employee was using a hanger tool to remove those clumped fibers from the machine. Holding the tool in his right hand, the employee reached over a railing and grabbed the fibers with his gloved left hand. His left hand became caught in a rotating roller. The fibers pulled the employee's left hand and forearm into a heated press roll. The roll was heated to 248 degrees F (120 degrees C). The employee suffered a burn to the back of his hand. He was hospitalized with severe burns. The employer did not report the hospitalization until May 7, 2019.

Keywords: Arm, Burn, Caught Between, Caught By, Caught In, Glove, Hand, High Temperature, Jammed, Lockout, Nip Point, Reporting, Roller--Mach/Part, Rotating Parts

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1400197.015	34	M	Hospitalized injury		Machine operators, not specified

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