Inspection Detail

Inspection: 310765011 - Milwaukee Valve Company, Inc.

Inspection Information - Office: Madison Area Office

Inspection Nr: 310765011

Report ID: 0523300

Date Opened: 01/28/2008

Site Address:
Milwaukee Valve Company, Inc.
1075 Water Street
Prairie Du Sac, WI 53578

Mailing Address:
, , 00000

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:3491

NAICS: 332911/Industrial Valve Manufacturing

Inspection Type: Referral

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 02/13/2008

Emphasis: N:Amputate, S:Amputations, S:Powered Ind Vehicle

Case Closed: 09/04/2008

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Referral	200805208	Yes

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	2					2
Current Violations				1		1
Initial Penalty	$10,000	$0	$0	$0	$0	$10,000
Current Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$2,500	$0	$2,500
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	19100145 C01 I	02/19/2008	02/29/2008	$0	$5,000	$0	03/12/2008	F - Formal Settlement	Citation has been deleted.
2.	01002	Other	19100212 A03 II	02/19/2008	02/29/2008	$2,500	$5,000	$0	03/12/2008	F - Formal Settlement

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 200801959

Event: 01/25/2008

Employee Gets Fingers Amputated

On January 25, 2008 Employee #1 had the tips of two fingers, down to the first knuckle, amputated when his hand contacted the rotary air lock blades pinch point in the chute of a dust collector. Employee #1 was reaching under a flap to push excess sand which had built up in the front of the dust (sand fines) collector's bin to the back of the bin when his hand went into the chute opening where the rotary air lock was located.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, FINGER, DUST COLLECTOR, LACERATION

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	310765011			Non Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Machine operators, not specified

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