Inspection Detail

Case Status: CLOSED

Inspection: 1495721.015 - Teel Plastics, Llc

Inspection Information - Office: Madison Area Office

Inspection Nr: 1495721.015

Report ID: 0523300

Date Opened: 10/05/2020

Site Address:
Teel Plastics, Llc
426 Hitchcock Street
Baraboo, WI 53913

Mailing Address:
1060 Teel Ct., Baraboo, WI 53913

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:

NAICS: 326111/Plastics Bag Manufacturing

Inspection Type: Referral

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 11/24/2020

Emphasis: N:Amputate

Case Closed: 04/05/2021

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Referral	1660627	Yes

Case Status: CLOSED

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	2					2
Current Violations	2					2
Initial Penalty	$19,278	$0	$0	$0	$0	$19,278
Current Penalty	$12,290	$0	$0	$0	$0	$12,290
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 C04 I	12/04/2020	03/15/2021	$6,145	$9,639	$0		I - Informal Settlement
2.	01002	Serious	19100147 D04 I	12/04/2020	03/15/2021	$6,145	$9,639	$0		I - Informal Settlement

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 130054.015

Event: 09/16/2020

Employee crushes fingertip in nip point, is later amputated

At 5:00 a.m. on September 16, 2020, an employee working as a machine operator for a plastics manufacturer was changing the bottom inner sealing tape on bag line B06. Bag line B06 was custom-built and had been in use for approximately 46 years. The employee shut off the drive motor and began changing the tape when the tape got tangled around a conveyor drive pulley. The employee told a coworker, the line operator, to take a break to give him time to clear the jammed tape. The coworker misunderstood the employee and thought the instruction given was to jog the machine. The coworker proceeded to jog the machine while the employee was clearing the jam catching the employee's finger in the belt and pulley. The bag line was not locked out and no safeguarding devices were installed to prevent exposure to nip points. The employee crushed his left index finger requiring surgical amputation of the fingertip without bone loss. The employee did not require hospitalization.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Belt, Crushed, Finger, Fingertip, Installing, Jammed, Lack of Engineering Controls, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine operator, Miscommunication, Nip Point, Pinch Point, Pinched, Plastic Mfg, Pulley, Surgical Amputation

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1495721.015	35	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Machine operators, not specified

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