Inspection Detail

Inspection: 105597454 - Hydro Chem Industrial Service Inc.

Inspection Information - Office: Utah Division Of Occupational Safety And Health

Inspection Nr: 105597454

Report ID: 0854910

Date Opened: 02/02/1989

Site Address:
Hydro Chem Industrial Service Inc.
11600 West 2100 South
Magna, UT 84044

Mailing Address:
13205 S Minuteman Dr., Draper, UT 84020

Union Status: Union

SIC:3331

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: Y

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 02/02/1989

Planning Guide: Safety-Manufacturing

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 06/20/1989

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	360292270

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations			1			1
Current Violations	1					1
Initial Penalty	$0	$0	$960	$0	$0	$960
Current Penalty	$200	$0	$0	$0	$0	$200
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.	01001A	Serious	359000501	03/02/1989	03/09/1989	$200	$960	$0		I - Informal Settlement
2.	01001B	Repeat	GEN00150901	03/02/1989	03/09/1989	$0	$0	$0		I - Informal Settlement	Citation has been deleted.

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 709709

Event: 02/01/1989

Employee's fingers amputated in chain and sprocket nip point

Employee #1 was working in the tank house on the #1 trimmer machine. Copper starter sheets are fed into the machine, which squares them up. During the squaring up process, strips that are cut off the sides of the sheet drop down a chute into the chopper, where they are chopped into small pieces and then dropped into a bin. Frequently, the strips become hung up in the chute and need to be either pushed down through the chute or pulled back up out of the chute. A push stick is used to push the strips down; pulling the strips out is done by hand. Employee #1 needed to pull some strips out of the chute. While the machine was running, he cleared the chute and was removing his hand from the machine when his glove became caught by the chain and sprocket that was driving the feed roller. His fingers were pulled into the nip points and three of them were amputated.

Keywords: CHAIN, MAINTENANCE, AMPUTATED, FINGER, GLOVE, WORK RULES, CAUGHT BY, LOCKOUT, SPROCKET, NIP POINT

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	105597454			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Slicing and cutting machine operators
2	105597454					Occupation Not Listed

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