Inspection Detail

Case Status: CLOSED

Inspection: 1470802.015 - Watertite Products, Inc.

Inspection Information - Office: Tennessee Osha Memphis Office - Safety

Inspection Nr: 1470802.015

Report ID: 0454711

Date Opened: 03/23/2020

Site Address:
Watertite Products, Inc.
202 Industrial Park Lane
Collierville, TN 38017

Mailing Address:
202 Industrial Park Lane, Collierville, TN 38017

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:

NAICS: 423720/Plumbing and Heating Equipment and Supplies (Hydronics) Merchant Wholesalers

Inspection Type: Referral

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 03/23/2020

Emphasis: N:Amputate

Case Closed: 08/10/2020

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Referral	1551455	Yes

Case Status: CLOSED

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	2					2
Current Violations				2		2
Initial Penalty	$4,000	$0	$0	$0	$0	$4,000
Current Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$4,000	$0	$4,000
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	Other	19100147 C04 I	05/21/2020		$2,000	$2,000	$0		I - Informal Settlement
2.	01002	Other	19100147 F03 I	05/21/2020		$2,000	$2,000	$0		I - Informal Settlement

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 124953.015

Event: 03/09/2020

Employee amputates thumb tip when caught in hold punch machi

At 2:50 p.m. on March 9, 2020, an employee working as a machine operator for a plumbing and heating equipment supplier removed a doubled stacked pan from Station #3, the Hold Punch Station. The employee then handed one of the pans to a coworker to place onto Station #4, the Beading Station. The employee placed the other pan on Station #3. The coworker hit the machine reset button causing the hold punch machine to cycle while the employee was lining up the pan on Station #3. The employee caught his left thumb between the punch hole die and pan. The employee amputated his thumb tip and received medical treatment without hospitalization.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Caught Between, Communication, Die, Finger, Fingertip, Hand, Instantaneous amputation, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine Cycled, Machine operator, Metal, Partial Amputation, Pinch Point, Pinched, Thumb, Traumatic Amputation

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1470802.015	36	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Machine operators, not specified

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