Inspection Detail

Inspection: 312548514 - Loparex Llc

Inspection Information - Office: Iowa 0751910

Inspection Nr: 312548514

Report ID: 0751910

Date Opened: 08/26/2008

Site Address:
Loparex Llc
2000 Industrial Park Road
Iowa City, IA 52240

Mailing Address:
, , 00000

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:2672

NAICS: 322222/Coated and Laminated Paper Manufacturing

Inspection Type: Referral

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 09/17/2008

Emphasis: N:Amputate, S:Amputate, S:General Industry

Case Closed: 03/19/2009

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Referral	200529634	Yes

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations			1			1
Current Violations	1					1
Initial Penalty	$0	$0	$25,000	$0	$0	$25,000
Current Penalty	$10,000	$0	$0	$0	$0	$10,000
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	Serious	19100212 A01	09/26/2008	03/14/2009	$10,000	$25,000	$0		P - Petition to Mod Abatement

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 200532539

Event: 08/15/2008

Employee Amputates Fingers in Extruder

On August 15, 2008, an employee was operating an Egan brand poly coater, extruder that was not properly guarded. The employee either reached in or came too close to the poly propylene and became caught in the rollers of the machine. The employee realized that he was about to be pulled in the machine and pulled back on his hand as hard as he could pulling his left pinky finger off. Also the ring finger of the employee had all the skin pulled off, degloved. Both injured fingers were on the left hand. The employee could not reach the emergency stop button. The employee was taken to the University of Iowa Hospital in Iowa City, Iowa. The doctors at the hospital stated the ring finger will probably have to be removed also. The employee was not hospitalized.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, FINGER, MACHINE OPERATOR, CAUGHT BETWEEN, COATING OPERATION, UNGUARDED

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	312548514			Non Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Extruding and forming machine operators

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