Addoco Inc: OSHA inspections and violations

Incident on Apr 12, 2004: Employee's finger is amputated by board stacker

On April 12, 2004, Employee #1 was operating the 4600 BS Board Stacker. The boar ds, stringers, travel through different stages of this stacker ending up being a utomatically stacked on a skid. The stages are to align the correct number of st ringers together to be placed on each level of a stack. At the stage where the c orrect number of stringers is aligned is where the accident occurred. While trav eling through this stage, a single stringer was not properly lined up and was po sitioned laying flat because it has to be positioned on its side. Employee #1 re ached in to position the stringer correctly with his left arm and hand. The left little finger came in contact with either the cycling pusher or the board and p ressure plate as the pusher applied pressure to position the stringer correctly. The finger was pinched or squeezed, removing the skin on the palm side of the l ittle finger exposing the bone from the tip back approximately one inch. The fin ger nail was still intact. A doctor amputated the finger back to the middle knuc kle. The employee was not hospitalized.

Incident on May 21, 1991: Employee's thumb amputated by belt and pulley

Employee #1 was attempting to repair a Patz material mover. He had removed the b elt and pulley guard and was pulling on the belt at the same time that a coworke r pushed the START button. Employee #1's right thumb became caught between the b elt and pulley of the motor and was amputated at the knuckle. The material mover was not locked out.