Inspection Detail

Case Status: CLOSED

Inspection: 1499282.015 - Rogers Foam Corporation

Inspection Information - Office: Boston North Area Office

Inspection Nr: 1499282.015

Report ID: 0134000

Date Opened: 10/26/2020

Site Address:
Rogers Foam Corporation
20 Vernon St.
Somerville, MA 02145

Mailing Address:
20 Vernon St., Somerville, MA 02145

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:

NAICS: 326140/Polystyrene Foam Product Manufacturing

Inspection Type: Referral

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 10/26/2020

Emphasis: P:Amputate, N:Amputate

Case Closed: 02/09/2021

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Referral	1671830	Yes

Case Status: CLOSED

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	1					1
Current Violations	1					1
Initial Penalty	$9,639	$0	$0	$0	$0	$9,639
Current Penalty	$5,200	$0	$0	$0	$0	$5,200
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	19100212 A01	01/15/2021		$5,200	$9,639	$0		I - Informal Settlement

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 130643.015

Event: 10/09/2020

Employee suffers partial amputation of finger on machine

At 9:00 a.m. on October 13, 2020, an employee was working for a firm that made polystyrene foam products. She was operating a Fritz Kaiser model number 6432 profile machine or profiler machine, with serial number 1970. There was an unguarded blade or shear located within the profile machine. The employee instinctively reached her hand into the point of operation of the profile machine and around the exposed blade to retrieve a piece of foam. Her hand was cut, and she suffered the partial amputation of a finger. She was hospitalized. Immediately following the incident, the firm's management installed metal housing of covering that barred access to the blade. CSHO confirmed that management installed point of operation guard following the accident.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Blade, Finger, Foam, Hand, Instantaneous amputation, Laceration, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Partial Amputation, Point Of Operation, Reach, Reaching, Reaching In, Shear, Unguarded

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1499282.015	25	F	Hospitalized injury

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