Inspection Detail

Inspection: 306680216 - Valley Machining Company

Inspection Information - Office: Iowa 0751910

Inspection Nr: 306680216

Report ID: 0751910

Date Opened: 12/11/2003

Site Address:
Valley Machining Company
1250 22nd Avenue
Rock Valley, IA 51247

Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 155, Rock Valley, IA 51247

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:3451

NAICS: 332721/Precision Turned Product Manufacturing

Inspection Type: Referral

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 12/11/2003

Planning Guide: Safety-Manufacturing

Emphasis: S:General Industry

Case Closed: 12/24/2003

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Referral	200524072	Yes

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 200527430

Event: 11/19/2003

Machinist's finger tip amputated in pulley machine

On November 19, 2003, Employee #1, a machinist working for Valley Machining Company, was reaching into a pulley machine with her right hand to unjam two of the pulleys that are processed through different stages of the pulley machine that had become jammed prior to the chamfering stage when the plunger activated, came down to locate and hold the pulley into position for the chamfering process, and came in contact with the tip of the right index finger, pinching it between the plunger and the jammed pulley and amputating the tip of the right index finger below the finger nail area. The company furnishes a tool to reach into this area to unjam any pulleys. Employee #1 has previously operated this pulley machine. This pulley machine was built at this facility by Valley Machining employees.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, FINGER, MACHINIST, LOCKOUT, PULLEY

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	306680216			Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Machinists

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