Inspection Detail

Inspection: 314039520 - Perfect Plastic Printing Corporation

Inspection Information - Office: Naperville Area Office

Inspection Nr: 314039520

Report ID: 0521400

Date Opened: 10/27/2010

Site Address:
Perfect Plastic Printing Corporation
345 Kautz Road
St. Charles, IL 60174

Mailing Address:
, , 00000

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:2759

NAICS: 323119/Other Commercial Printing

Inspection Type: Referral

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 10/27/2010

Emphasis: N:Amputate, S:Amputations

Case Closed: 06/06/2011

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Referral	200824787	Yes

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	2					2
Current Violations	2					2
Initial Penalty	$9,000	$0	$0	$0	$0	$9,000
Current Penalty	$5,460	$0	$0	$0	$0	$5,460
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	19100147 C04 I	03/01/2011	04/01/2011	$3,780	$6,300	$0		I - Informal Settlement
2.	01002	Serious	19100147 C06 I	03/01/2011	04/01/2011	$1,680	$2,700	$0		I - Informal Settlement

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 200824639

Event: 10/27/2010

Worker Sustains Avulsion While Adjusting Printing Press Ink

At approximately 5:30 a.m. on Wednesday, October 27, 2010, a worker was operating a color printing press at Perfect Plastic Printing Corp. in St. Charles, Illinois. He was making a routine adjustment to the ink keys (also known as spray heads) in the six-color Heidelberg Speedmaster 72-cm by 102-cm printing press. The employee was standing between two of the six stations of the press to turn the keys to the required aperture manually. This procedure was performed to get the right ink density or to release the spray heads when they got stuck in a printing position. As the worker performed this procedure, the glove on his right hand got caught between the rollers adjacent to the ink keys. As a result, the skin in his right hand was pulled back, creating a wound that required medical treatment, including 39 stitches to close the wound, and physical therapy. This procedure had been used for many years in the past. Employees had all been trained to do the adjustments in this fashion. The worker was fluent in English. There was no personal protective equipment that could have prevented this hazard. The employer failed to guard the ingoing nip point properly.

Keywords: PRINTING PRESS, PPE, PRINTING, GLOVE, DEGLOVED, CAUGHT BETWEEN, LACERATION, NIP POINT, HAND, UNGUARDED

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	314039520			Non Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Occupation not reported

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