Inspection Detail

Inspection: 302134655 - National Manufacturing Company, Inc

Inspection Information - Office: Parsippany Area Office

Inspection Nr: 302134655

Report ID: 0214200

Date Opened: 09/08/1999

Site Address:
National Manufacturing Company, Inc
12 River Road
Chatham, NJ 07928

Mailing Address:
, , 00000

Union Status: Union

SIC:3469

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Referral

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Health

Close Conference: 09/27/1999

Emphasis: N:Pwrpress, S:Amputations

Case Closed: 12/21/1999

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Referral	200025054	Yes

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations			1			1
Current Violations			1			1
Initial Penalty	$0	$0	$1,600	$0	$0	$1,600
Current Penalty	$0	$0	$1,000	$0	$0	$1,000
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	Repeat	19101030 F01 IIA	09/27/1999	10/29/1999	$1,000	$1,600	$0		I - Informal Settlement

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 200021533

Event: 08/24/1999

Employee's fingers amputated in mechanical power press

Employee #1, a press operator at National Manufacturing Company, Inc., was having trouble removing parts from the die of Torc-Pac mechanical power press #31. She asked for help from a coworker (her husband), who was at another machine in the power press area. He began operating the two-hand trip on the 45 ton press while she placed and removed pieces from the die. Employee #1 was removing her hand from the point of operation when her glove became caught in the die. Not realizing her hand was trapped, the coworker actuated the two-hand trip device and cycled the machine, amputating the tips of three of her fingers. According to company representatives and employee interviews, Employee #1 and the coworker had been trained on proper use of the equipment and were aware that the machine should have been operated by only one person. She had been employed by the company for 20 days at the time of the accident.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, POWER PRESS, FINGER, GLOVE, WORK RULES, CAUGHT BY, TWO-HAND CONTROL, POINT OF OPERATION, PRESS OPERATOR, PRESS

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	302134655			Non Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Occupation not reported

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