Inspection Detail

Case Status: CLOSED

Inspection: 1425085.015 - The Sherwin-Williams Company

Inspection Information - Office: Peoria

Inspection Nr: 1425085.015

Report ID: 0524500

Date Opened: 08/20/2019

Site Address:
The Sherwin-Williams Company
5400 Avenue Of The Cities
Moline, IL 61265

Mailing Address:
5400 Avenue Of The Cities, Moline, IL 61265

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:

NAICS: 325510/Paint and Coating Manufacturing

Inspection Type: Referral

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 08/20/2019

Emphasis: N:Amputate

Case Closed: 10/31/2019

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Referral	1489343	Yes

Case Status: CLOSED

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	2					2
Current Violations	1					1
Initial Penalty	$26,520	$0	$0	$0	$0	$26,520
Current Penalty	$7,956	$0	$0	$0	$0	$7,956
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	19100147 D	09/19/2019	10/21/2019	$13,260	$13,260	$0		I - Informal Settlement	Citation has been deleted.
2.	01002	Serious	19100212 A01	09/19/2019		$7,956	$13,260	$0		I - Informal Settlement

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 119169.015

Event: 08/19/2019

Employee Pinky Finger Is Amputated In Machine

At 6:55 a.m. on August 19, 2019, a coworker was operating a case packer. The cow orker heard a noise, and the case packer was not operating correctly. The cowork er hit the e-stop on the machine, and called Employee #1 to troubleshoot the mac hine. Employee #1 opened the machine to try to unjam a box. Employee #1 then clo sed the machine, and told the coworker to reset the machine and activate the air to the machine. Employee #1 stuck his hand under the door to activate a limit s witch, forcing the machine to cycle. Once Employee #1 activated the limit switch , the machine cycled and a piston plate went up and smashed Employee #1's pinky finger. Employee #1 was hospitalized to treat a right pinky finger amputation.

Keywords:amputated, amputation, finger, fingertip, hand, partial amputation, pinched, struck against, struck by

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	1425085.015			Hospitalized injury

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