Inspection Detail

Inspection: 119517340 - Farboil Company

Inspection Information - Office: Department Of Labor, Licensing, And Regulation Division Of Labor And Industry Maryland Occupational Safety And Health

Inspection Nr: 119517340

Report ID: 0352430

Date Opened: 09/27/1993

Site Address:
Farboil Company
8200 Fischer Road
Baltimore, MD 21222

Mailing Address:
, , 00000

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:2821

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 10/21/1993

Planning Guide: Safety-Manufacturing

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 01/28/1994

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	360619605

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	1					1
Current Violations	1					1
Initial Penalty	$1,550	$0	$0	$0	$0	$1,550
Current Penalty	$900	$0	$0	$0	$0	$900
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 A03 III	11/19/1993	11/24/1993	$900	$1,550	$0		I - Informal Settlement

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 170068654

Event: 09/15/1993

Employee's fingertip amputated in screw extruder

Employee #1 was operating the Baker-Perkins 4 in. twin screw extruder when he noticed that the extruder feed through had slowed while running product #1190 black. He removed the feed funnel and began brushing the loose and packed material, which had slowed the mechanism, into the feed throat of the extruder. The top extruder screw grabbed the tip of his rubber glove, which was approximately 1/2 in. longer than his finger; its cuff was also taped to his forearm to keep anything from getting into it. His middle finger was pulled down into contact with the extruder screw, which nipped off approximately 1/4 in. of the fingertip. Employee #1 had training and had 3 years experience at this job. Note that no special hand tools were provided as an alternative to one's own hand for feeding and removing material into the extruder.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, FINGER, GLOVE, CAUGHT BY, JAMMED, HAND TOOL

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	119517340			Non Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Extruding and forming machine operators

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