Inspection Detail

Inspection: 119560415 - Deco-Sign Products Incorporated

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

Inspection Nr: 119560415

Report ID: 0352420

Date Opened: 09/14/1993

Site Address:
Deco-Sign Products Incorporated
107 Industry Lane
Forest Hill, MD 21050

Mailing Address:
, , 00000

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:3993

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 10/12/1993

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 03/03/1994

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	360619738

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 170067938

Event: 09/09/1993

Employee trips foot-powered press and amputates fingers

Employee #1 was fabricating license plates. The license plates were still uncut, unshaped, and unpunched. Employee #1 would insert the stock into the power press, which would cut, punch, and shape the plates. The employee was standing to the right side of the machine feeding the stock into the Walsh mechanical power press, model 55 serial #7901. He cleared the stock from the point of operation with his hands. In doing so, he accidentally tripped the foot activation switch and set the machine in motion. The power press amputated his middle fingertip and crushed his ring and index fingers. Employee #1 said no safety training had been provided for working on this machine.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, FINGER, CAUGHT BY, CRUSHED, POINT OF OPERATION, FOOT-POWERED PRESS, UNTRAINED, INATTENTION

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	119560415			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Machinists

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