Inspection Detail

Inspection: 313489551 - The Island Packet

Inspection Information - Office: Sc Department Of Labor, Licensing, And Regulation

Inspection Nr: 313489551

Report ID: 0454510

Date Opened: 02/18/2010

Site Address:
The Island Packet
10 Buck Island Road
Bluffton, SC 29910

Mailing Address:
Post Office Box 5727, Hilton Head Island, SC 29938

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:2711

NAICS: 511110/Newspaper Publishers

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 03/25/2010

Planning Guide: Safety-Manufacturing

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 04/16/2010

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	100379155

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 200375012

Event: 02/09/2010

Employee's Thumb Is Injured When Pinched in Printing Press

Employee #1, a supervisor, was attempting to remove some waste paper from the rollers on a printing press. He placed the press in the "inch" mode first and then into "wash" mode. In the wash mode, the rollers would move considerably faster. There were still a few small pieces of stray paper on the rollers, and Employee #1 attempted to remove them by wiping a rag across the rollers. The rag was caught and pulled into the rollers, and Employee #1's thumb was pinched, tearing the skin and some tissue from the tip. Touching the moving rollers is against the company safety rules, and Employee #1 was written up in accordance with the company's safety policy.

Keywords: PRINTING PRESS, FINGER, WORK RULES, CLEANING, THUMB, ROLLER--MACH/PART, CAUGHT BETWEEN, LACERATION, HAND

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	313489551			Non Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Printing machine operators

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