Inspection Detail

Case Status: CLOSED

Inspection: 1497735.015 - Precision Strip, Inc.

Inspection Information - Office: Toledo Area Office

Inspection Nr: 1497735.015

Report ID: 0524700

Date Opened: 10/15/2020

Site Address:
Precision Strip, Inc.
86 S. Ohio Street
Minster, OH 45865

Mailing Address:
86 S. Ohio Street, Minster, OH 45865

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:

NAICS: 331221/Rolled Steel Shape Manufacturing

Inspection Type: Referral

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 10/15/2020

Emphasis: N:Amputate

Case Closed: 02/05/2021

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Referral	1671497	Yes

Case Status: CLOSED

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	1					1
Current Violations	1					1
Initial Penalty	$13,494	$0	$0	$0	$0	$13,494
Current Penalty	$6,747	$0	$0	$0	$0	$6,747
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	19100212 A01	12/08/2020	01/04/2021	$6,747	$13,494	$0		I - Informal Settlement

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 130398.015

Event: 10/12/2020

Employee partially amputates finger on truing device

At 11:15 a.m. on October 23, 2020, an employee working as a machine operator for a rolled steel manufacturer was setting up a Diamond Truing Device. The employee was manually adjusting the truing diamond in order to clean a grinding wheel on a Cincinnati OD Knife Machine. The employee moved the device horizontally until it touched the rotating grinding wheel. The manual adjustment knob for truing diamond is located within 4 inches of the grinding wheel. The grinder operates at 2767 revolutions per minute (RPM). While performing this task, the truing device rotated to the vertical position and crushed the employee's right middle finger between the lever used to alight the grinding wheel and the guard to the grinding wheel. The employee partially amputated his finger between first and second knuckle and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Adjust, Amputated, Amputation, Caught Between, Finger, Grinder, Grinding, Grinding Wheel, Instantaneous amputation, Knife, Knuckle, Lack of Engineering Controls, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Partial Amputation, Rotating Knife, Rotating Parts, Steel, Traumatic Amputation

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1497735.015	45	M	Hospitalized injury		Machine operators, not specified

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