Inspection Detail

Case Status: CLOSED

Inspection: 1439276.015 - Drewett Operations, Llc

Inspection Information - Office: Houston North Area Office

Inspection Nr: 1439276.015

Report ID: 0626600

Date Opened: 10/22/2019

Site Address:
Drewett Operations, Llc
2000 Wilson Road
Humble, TX 77396

Mailing Address:
2000 Wilson Road, Humble, TX 77396

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:

NAICS: 325212/Synthetic Rubber Manufacturing

Inspection Type: Referral

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 10/22/2019

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 06/28/2021

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Referral	1509794	Yes

Case Status: CLOSED

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	1					1
Current Violations	1					1
Initial Penalty	$5,304	$0	$0	$0	$0	$5,304
Current Penalty	$3,713	$0	$0	$0	$0	$3,713
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	12/05/2019	12/24/2019	$3,713	$5,304	$0		I - Informal Settlement

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 120922.015

Event: 10/17/2019

Employee fractures arm, amputates finger when pulled into la

At 9:00 a.m. October 17, 2019, an employee who worked for a synthetic rubber manufactuer was performing manual sanding operations on a rusted shaft. The shaft was mounted on a Lodge and Shipley manual lathe machine. The employee caught his glove and sanding paper in the rotating shaft that was mounted on the lathe. The employee fractured his arm and amputated a finger and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Arm, Caught In, Cleaning, Finger, Fracture, Glove, Hand, Instantaneous amputation, Lathe, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine Guarding, Pulled In, Rotating Shaft, Rubber, Traumatic Amputation, Unguarded

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1439276.015	28	M	Hospitalized injury		Machine operators, not specified

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