Inspection Detail

Inspection: 123155749 - Simkins Industries, Inc.

Inspection Information - Office: Bridgeport Area Office

Inspection Nr: 123155749

Report ID: 0111500

Date Opened: 12/09/2004

Site Address:
Simkins Industries, Inc.
259 East Street
New Haven, CT 06511

Mailing Address:
, , 00000

Union Status: Union

SIC:2631

NAICS: 322130/Paperboard Mills

Inspection Type: Referral

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 01/28/2005

Emphasis: N:Amputate

Case Closed: 09/09/2005

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Referral	201529278	Yes

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	1					1
Current Violations	1					1
Initial Penalty	$4,500	$0	$0	$0	$0	$4,500
Current Penalty	$3,150	$0	$0	$0	$0	$3,150
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 II	03/01/2005	03/04/2005	$3,150	$4,500	$0		I - Informal Settlement

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 201522281

Event: 12/06/2004

Employee Suffers Amputation in Paperboard Cutter

The work shift started at 11:00 p.m. on December 5, 2004. The Number 2 machine was running and the cutter machine was cutting flat paperboard stock. Numerous times during the third shift, the side sheet paperboard came out of the second cutter. In order to get the paperboard back into the second cutter one of the nearby employees would step up onto the work platform on the side of the Duplex Cutter machine, grab the side sheet, tear off the excess and with one hand reach over the guard and throw the side sheet back into the cutter. When the side sheet comes out of the cutter the pull rollers are still pushing the side sheets towards the cutter not knowing the paper came out. This creates a situation whereby excess paperboard flows up and over the second cutter. Since the employees can not feed all the excess paperboard into the second cutter, an employee would tear off the excess and attempt to refeed the paper back into the cutter. At approximately 4:15 a.m., the side sheet paperboard came out of the second cutter. Employee #1 stepped onto the work platform of the Duplex cutter, removed the excess side sheet paper, and attempted to reinsert the paperboard back into the cutter. The paperboard did not insert back into the cutter. After making three unsuccessful attempts, Employee #1 made a fourth attempt but reinserted the paper closer to the cutter hoping the cutter would catch the paper. Employee #1 got too close to the cutter and the index and middle finger on the right hand were amputated. Employee #1 was hospitalized but was not able to have the fingers reattached.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, FINGER

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	123155749			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Occupation not reported

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