Inspection Detail

Case Status: CLOSED

Inspection: 1575103.015 - Continental Plastic Corporation

Inspection Information - Office: Madison Area Office

Inspection Nr: 1575103.015

Report ID: 0523300

Date Opened: 01/28/2022

Site Address:
Continental Plastic Corporation
540 S. Second Street
Delavan, WI 53115

Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 902, Delavan, WI 53115

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:

NAICS: 326199/All Other Plastics Product Manufacturing

Inspection Type: Referral

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 06/07/2022

Emphasis: N:Amputate

Case Closed: 11/12/2022

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Referral	1856932	Yes

Case Status: CLOSED

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	1					1
Current Violations	1					1
Initial Penalty	$7,252	$0	$0	$0	$0	$7,252
Current Penalty	$5,439	$0	$0	$0	$0	$5,439
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	06/09/2022	06/24/2022	$5,439	$7,252	$0		I - Informal Settlement

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 143205.015

Event: 01/19/2022

Employee partially amputates fingertip in conveyor nip point

At 4:10 p.m. on January 19, 2022, an employee was training a coworker who was a new machine operator in the Glove Area. The employee was operating the Boot Machine in a plastic product manufacturing facility. The employee noticed that plastic film was sticking to the conveyor belt leading to the Boot Machine Die. The employee applied corn starch powder using a duster to the conveyor belt. The duster became jammed in an ingoing nip point causing the employee to catch his right index finger in the conveyor belt. The employee partially amputated his fingertip and required medical treatment without hospitazation. The conveyor belt did not have adequate machine guarding on the nip point leading to the Boot Machine die.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Catch Point, Caught In, Conveyor, Engineering Controls, Finger, Fingertip, Guard, Jammed, Lack of Engineering Controls, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Nip Point, Partial Amputation, Plastic, Plastic Mfg, Unguarded

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1575103.015	51	F	Non Hospitalized injury		Machine operators, not specified

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