Inspection Detail

Inspection: 18869420 - Webcraft Inserts Inc

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

Inspection Nr: 18869420

Report ID: 0352410

Date Opened: 02/25/1987

Site Address:
Webcraft Inserts Inc
2015 Industrial Parkway
Salisbury, MD 21801

Mailing Address:
, , 00000

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:2759

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 02/27/1987

Planning Guide: Safety-Manufacturing

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 04/15/1987

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	360753206

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	1					1
Current Violations	1					1
Initial Penalty	$650	$0	$0	$0	$0	$650
Current Penalty	$325	$0	$0	$0	$0	$325
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 A 1	03/12/1987	03/15/1987	$325	$650	$0		I - Informal Settlement

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 14201446

Event: 02/24/1987

EMPLOYEE'S HAND CRUSHED BETWEEN ROLLERS

EMPLOYEE #1 WAS THE SECOND PRESSMAN ON A STEVENS BACK CYLINDER PRESS WHICH HAD AN ADDITIONAL DIE UNIT INSTALLED ON IT. THE PRESS WAS SHUT DOWN AT APPROXIMATELY 5 AM TO CORRECT SOME QUALITY PROBLEMS. WHILE TRYING TO RESTART THE PRESS AT ABOUT 5:30 AM, THEY FOUND THE GLUE STATION HAD RUN TOO MUCH GLUE, CAUSING THE PAPER TO WRAP AROUND THE ROLLERS. EMPLOYEE #1 CLEARED THE PROBLEM 3 TIMES. BECAUSE OF THE GLUE PROBLEMS, THE RELEASE PAPER BEING GLUED ON THE MAIN WEB WAS NOT STICKING PROPERLY AND HAD COME LOOSE FROM THE MAIN WEB. WHILE TRYING TO GET THE RELEASE PAPER INTO THE MAIN WEB EMPLOYEE #1 REACHED INTO THE ROLLERS. 4 FINGERS WERE CRUSHED AND HIS THUMB FRACTURED. THIS DIE UNIT WAS MADE BY THEY EMPLOYER AND HAD NO MODEL OR SERIAL NUMBER.

Keywords: FRACTURE, MAINTENANCE, FINGER, WORK RULES, THUMB, ROLLER--MACH/PART, CRUSHED, HAND, PRESS

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	18869420			Non Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Printing machine operators

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