Inspection Detail

Case Status: CLOSED

Inspection: 1401237.015 - Watlow Electric Manufacturing Co.

Inspection Information - Office: Saint Louis Area Office

Inspection Nr: 1401237.015

Report ID: 0729300

Date Opened: 05/09/2019

Site Address:
Watlow Electric Manufacturing Co.
12001 Lackland Road
Saint Louis, MO 63146

Mailing Address:
12001 Lackland Road, Saint Louis, MO 63146

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:

NAICS: 335999/All Other Miscellaneous Electrical Equipment and Component Manufacturing

Inspection Type: Referral

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 05/09/2019

Emphasis: P:Elecgi, L:Elecgi

Case Closed: 08/08/2019

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Referral	1452967	Yes

Case Status: CLOSED

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	1		1			2
Current Violations	1					1
Initial Penalty	$13,260	$0	$47,360	$0	$0	$60,620
Current Penalty	$13,260	$0	$0	$0	$0	$13,260
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	Latest Event	Note
1.	01001A	Serious	19100147 C05 I	06/17/2019	07/12/2019	$0	$13,260	$0	I - Informal Settlement	Citation has been deleted.
2.	01001B	Serious	19100333 B02 I	06/17/2019	07/12/2019	$0	$0	$0	I - Informal Settlement	Citation has been deleted.
3.	02001	Serious	19100212 A03 II	06/17/2019	07/12/2019	$13,260	$47,360	$0	I - Informal Settlement

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 116294.015

Event: 05/07/2019

Employee amputates three fingers changing die in crimper

At 11:35 a.m. on May 7, 2019, an employee was changing dies on a RHAM Model FP100 Brock Crimper. The crimper started up before she removed her right hand out of the way. The employee amputated three fingers requiring hospitalization.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Caught Between, Caught By, Die, Energized, Finger, Guard, Hand, Lockout, Lockout/Tagout, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Point Of Operation, Unguarded

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1401237.015	62	F	Non Hospitalized injury		Machine operators, not specified

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