Inspection Detail

Case Status: CLOSED

Inspection: 1573847.015 - R & B Wagner, Inc.

Inspection Information - Office: Milwaukee Area Office

Inspection Nr: 1573847.015

Report ID: 0523400

Date Opened: 01/21/2022

Site Address:
R & B Wagner, Inc.
10600 W. Brown Deer Rd.
Milwaukee, WI 53224

Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 423, Butler, WI 53007

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:

NAICS: 332510/Hardware Manufacturing

Inspection Type: Referral

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 02/03/2022

Emphasis: N:Amputate, L:Piv

Case Closed: 03/24/2022

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Referral	1856508	Yes

Case Status: CLOSED

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	1					1
Current Violations	1					1
Initial Penalty	$11,094	$0	$0	$0	$0	$11,094
Current Penalty	$7,766	$0	$0	$0	$0	$7,766
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 A03 II	02/18/2022		$7,766	$11,094	$0		I - Informal Settlement

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 143571.015

Event: 01/19/2022

Employee amputates fingertip on unguarded metal cutting saw

At 1:00 p.m. on January 19, 2022, an employee was cutting metal elbows on a Kaltenbach Saw. The clamp on the saw blade was unguarded when the saw cycled while the employee had her right hand in the point of operation. The employee amputated her fingertip and required hospitalization.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Bypass, Bypass Guard, Catch Point, Caught In, Clamp, Cutting, Engineering Controls, Finger, Fingertip, Guard, Hand, Lack of Engineering Controls, Machine Cycled, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Metal, Partial Amputation, Pinched, Point Of Operation, Safety Device, Saw, Sawblade, Struck By, Unguarded

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1573847.015	60	F	Hospitalized injury		Machine operators, not specified

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