Brown-Pacific, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Incident on Jul 28, 2012: Worker amputates finger in die block machine

At approximately 10:00 a.m. on July 28, 2012, Employee #1, a 32-year-old male wi th Brown-Pacific Inc., was reducing the diameter of a wire on a one-inch draw bl ock manufactured by Macbee, which was located in the production area. As the las t of the material approached the die block, Employee #1 placed the open palm of his right hand near the coil of the wire wrapped around the draw block. Employee #1 was watching to see when the end of the wire would exit the die block so tha t he could apply pressure to the coil with his right hand preventing the end of the material from whipping around. As Employee #1 focused his attention on the d ie block, the glove on his right hand got caught between the loops of the wire c oil and the block itself resulting in a complex laceration and sub-total amputat ion to the right index finger.

Incident on Feb 21, 2006: Employee is burned by corrosive chemical

At about 5:30 p.m. on February 21, 2006, Employee #1 was pickling a coil of wire at a wire manufacturing company. This involved submerging the coil of wire into a tank containing a corrosive material. As he was lifting the coil out with a h oist, the pickle pin became stuck in a heater pipe. When he freed the pin, the w ire dropped into the tank, causing the material to splash his arm, stomach and r ight foot. Employee #1 was hospitalized for second- and third- degree burns.