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Color-Ize: OSHA inspections and violations

Storm Lake, Iowa · Printing · NAICS 323110

1inspections
1citation items
$400current penalties
Feb 21, 2017last inspection

Color-Ize has one OSHA inspection on record in Iowa.

OSHA opened it on Feb 21, 2017 on a referral, in Storm Lake.

From that inspection OSHA issued 1 citation item: 1 serious.

OSHA proposed $775 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $400, down 48%.

For context, across all manufacturing employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $4,500. Color-Ize averages $400 over 1 cited inspection in that time.

Color-Ize: OSHA citation items per year, 2017 to 2017
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 342119468 OPENED FEB 21, 2017Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 5 employees at the site · Closed Apr 3, 2017

317 E 5th, Storm Lake, IA 50588 · Printing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Jan 6, 2017: Employee's forearm is crushed by hydraulic clamping mechanis

At 10:00 a.m. on January 6, 2017, an employee was loading and adjusting paper in the Challenge Champion commercial paper cuter, model 305 MB, SN 1469, circa 1963. The employee had her foot on the machine's foot treadle, which controlled the hydraulic clamping mechanism. The clamping mechanism had a normal clamping pressure of 800 psi. As she was adjusting paper under the clamping mechanism. She was distracted by a coworker. The employee turned, and inadvertently pressed the foot pedal, bringing the clamping mechanism down onto her forearm. The guillotine style cutting blade was guarded through the use of two-hand control. However the clamping mechanism was not guarded. The employee received an open fracture of the right forearm.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1) · Machine guarding
 Serious$775$400Mar 10, 2017Final

The rules behind these citations

Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.

29 CFR 1910.212 · Machine guarding

29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1)

(a) Machine guarding—(1) Types of guarding. One or more methods of machine guarding shall be provided to protect the operator and other employees in the machine area from hazards such as those created by point of operation, ingoing nip points, rotating parts, flying chips and sparks. Examples of guarding methods are—barrier guards, two-hand tripping devices, electronic safety devices, etc.

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