Inspection Detail

Case Status: CLOSED

Inspection: 1451161.015 - U.S. Postal Service

Inspection Information - Office: El Paso Area Office

Inspection Nr: 1451161.015

Report ID: 0627500

Date Opened: 12/12/2019

Site Address:
U.S. Postal Service
7601 Blue Water Rd.
Albuquerque, NM 87121

Mailing Address:
1441 T. Buckeye Rd., Phoenix, AZ

Union Status: Union

SIC:

NAICS: 491110/Postal Service

Inspection Type: Referral

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 12/12/2019

Emphasis: N:Amputate

Case Closed: 07/13/2020

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Referral	1525690	Yes

Case Status: CLOSED

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	1					1
Current Violations
Initial Penalty	$13,494	$0	$0	$0	$0	$13,494
Current Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
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	19100147 F01 V	03/31/2020	04/06/2020	$0	$13,494	$0	04/21/2020	F - Formal Settlement	Citation has been deleted.

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 122488.015

Event: 12/10/2019

Employee's thumb is partially amputated while replacing band

At 7:30 p.m. on December 10, 2019, an employee was working for an independent federal agency responsible for providing postal service in the United States. He maintained machinery. He was on side two of the main operations sorter. He was replacing and aligning the drive bands on the small packages conveyor that led to the semi-auto loading table. The machine was still running. It had not been deenergized. It was operating on a 120-volt power source. The thumb on the employee's left hand became caught in some conveyor rollers. His thumb was partially amputated. He was hospitalized.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Caught In, Conveyor, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Maintenance, Partial Amputation, Power Trans Appar, Roller--Mach/Part, Running, Thumb

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1451161.015	57	M	Hospitalized injury		Machinery maintenance occupations

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