Inspection Detail

Case Status: CLOSED

Inspection: 1400285.015 - Harvest International Inc.

Inspection Information - Office: Iowa 0751910

Inspection Nr: 1400285.015

Report ID: 0751910

Date Opened: 05/07/2019

Site Address:
Harvest International Inc.
401 West 20th Street
Storm Lake, IA 50588

Mailing Address:
401 West 20th Street, Storm Lake, IA 50588

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:

NAICS: 333922/Conveyor and Conveying Equipment Manufacturing

Inspection Type: Referral

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 05/07/2019

Emphasis: N:Amputate, S:Amputate

Case Closed: 10/23/2019

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Referral	1451763	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	$6,651	$0	$0	$622	$0	$7,273
Current Penalty	$4,180	$0	$0	$0	$0	$4,180
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	88.4 - CODE OF IOWA (2017)	09/10/2019	10/25/2019	$4,180	$6,651	$0		I - Informal Settlement
2.	02001	Other	19040029 B01	09/10/2019	10/25/2019	$0	$622	$0		I - Informal Settlement

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 116197.015

Event: 05/02/2019

Employee's fingertip is amputated by press brake die

At 7:15 a.m. on May 2, 2019, an employee was working for a firm that manufactured conveyors and conveying equipment. He operated grinding, abrading, buffing, or polishing machinery. Just before the incident occurred, he was operating a grinder. A coworker asked him to help change a four-way or 4-way die in a KRRAAS press brake, with serial number 9026. A second coworker, who would have typically helped, was in the restroom. As the employee and his coworker were changing the die, it rolled over and pinched the employee's finger. The employee suffered the amputation of the tip of the small finger on his right hand. He was not hospitalized.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Caught By, Die, Finger, Fingertip, Inexperience, Machine operator, Pinched, Press Brake, Training

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1400285.015	59	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Grinding, abrading, buffing & polishing mach. op's

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