Adecco Inc: OSHA inspections and violations

Incident on Jun 7, 2007: Employee finger tip is amputated in rebar tube machine

On June 7, 2007, Employee #1 was operating the Fab Tube machine used to bend reb ar. The rebar became stuck in the machine. The employee grabbed the rebar to rep osition it and his finger was caught in the Fab Tube machine. The Fab Tube machi ne amputated the tip of Employee #1's middle finger. The employee was transporte d to an area hospital.

Incident on Sep 9, 2005: Employee is injured while locating parts in warehouse

At approximately 9:00 a.m. on September 9, 2005, Employee #1 was working in a wa rehouse locating parts stored on racks. Employee #1 was on foot, while a coworke r was operating an order picker on the same row of stored racks. Without noticin g the location of Employee #1, the coworker pulled a load of parts from the four th level of racks that was about 16-feet high and began to lower the load. Emplo yee #1 tried to avoid the vehicle by pressing himself against the racks; however , this did not provide enough room between the load and the rack. Employee #1 be came trapped between the platform of parts and the rack approximately at his mid back, just below his shoulder blades. The coworker then became aware of Employe e #1's location and stopped the descent of the platform. He then moved the picke r slowly forward to release Employee #1. Employee #1 was hospitalized and treate d for a ruptured spleen.

Incident on Nov 26, 2003: Employee's hand amputated when caught in a machine

On November 26, 2003, Employee #1 working for an employment agency, was working at a newspaper printing facility stacking bundles of papers as they came out of a banding machine. He reached to pick up a bundle of papers and inadvertently pl aced his fingers into an opening by the tail drum of the belt conveyor. The open ing was approximately four inches wide and his fingers were caught between the b elt and the drum. His hand was amputated up to his wrist and he was hospitalized .

Incident on May 24, 1999: Employee injured when hand crushed by machine

On May 24, 1999, Employee #1 and a coworker were sanding burrs from a wheel of a Roll-Former Machine while it was running. Employee #1's right hand came into co ntact with the moving wheel. His hand became caught between the moving wheels an d was crushed. Employee #1 was hospitalized.