Inspection Detail

Case Status: CLOSED

Inspection: 1465089.015 - Us Nameplate Co.

Inspection Information - Office: Iowa 0751910

Inspection Nr: 1465089.015

Report ID: 0751910

Date Opened: 02/18/2020

Site Address:
Us Nameplate Co.
2100 Highway 30 Sw
Mount Vernon, IA 52314

Mailing Address:
P.O Box 10, Mount Vernon, IA 52314

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:

NAICS: 323111/Commercial Gravure Printing

Inspection Type: Referral

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 02/18/2020

Emphasis: N:Amputate, S:Amputate, S:Tempworkers

Case Closed: 06/01/2020

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Referral	1543083	Yes
Inspection	1465604	Yes

Case Status: CLOSED

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	1					1
Current Violations				1		1
Initial Penalty	$4,262	$0	$0	$0	$0	$4,262
Current Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$4,262	$0	$4,262
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.	01001A	Other	19100212 A03 II	05/06/2020	06/02/2020	$4,262	$4,262	$0		I - Informal Settlement
2.	01001B	Other	19100212 A03 III	05/06/2020	06/02/2020	$0	$0	$0		I - Informal Settlement

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 124280.015

Event: 01/20/2020

Employee crushes finger in treadle hammer, later amputated

At 11:55 a.m. on January 20, 2020, an employee was using a Swaine St. Louis No. 3 Foot Press which was tooled as a treadle hammer to flatten a 1.5 inch by 2 inch metal piece with "Jacks Down" printed on it. When the lunch signal was sounded the employee stood up and unintentionally stepped on the manually operated foot pedal. The treadle hammer came down on the employee's right index finger located inside the point of operation. The employee crushed his finger, which required medical treatment and subsequent amputation at the base of the fingernail bed.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Caught In, Crushed, Distracted, Engineering Controls, Finger, Fingertip, Foot, Foot Control, Foot pedal, Foot-Powered Press, Inexperience, Lack of Engineering Controls, Lack of Work Procedures, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Multi-employer Worksite, Multiemployer, Nail, Partial Amputation, Press Operator, Printing Press

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1465089.015	59	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Fabricating machine operators, n.e.c.

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