Inspection 344282462 OPENED SEP 4, 2019Closed
234 Wallace Way Building #9, Rochester, NY 14692 · Commercial Printing (except Screen and Books) · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
No citations from this inspection.
Hammer Packaging Corp. has 4 OSHA inspections on record in New York, the first in 2017.
OSHA's last visit started on Sep 4, 2019 to follow up on an earlier case, in Rochester.
Across those inspections OSHA issued 3 citation items: 2 serious and 1 other-than-serious.
OSHA proposed $20,787 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $13,000, down 37%.
Most often, OSHA cited 1910.147, lockout/tagout (2 items).
For context, across all manufacturing employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $4,500. Hammer Packaging Corp. averages $6,500 over 2 cited inspections in that time.
Hammer Packaging Corp. also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.
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Inspection 343558698 OPENED OCT 25, 2018Closed
234 Wallace Way Building #9, Rochester, NY 14692 · Commercial Printing (except Screen and Books) · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
Incident on Oct 22, 2018: Employee amputates fingers when caught in machine nip points
At 7:40 a.m. on October 22, 2018, an employee was cleaning around a machine and was caught by it's in-running nip points, amputating parts of two fingers. The employee was hospitalized.
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citation 1, item 1 29 CFR 1910.212(a)(1) · Machine guarding |
Serious | $12,934 | $8,000 | Oct 30, 2018 | Final |
| Citation 1, item 2 29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(i)(a) · Lockout/tagout |
Serious | $7,853 | $5,000 | Oct 30, 2018 | Final |
Inspection 342617925 OPENED SEP 7, 2017Closed
200 Lucius Gordon Drive, West Henrietta, NY 14586 · Commercial Printing (except Screen and Books) · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
No citations from this inspection.
Inspection 342551801 OPENED AUG 2, 2017Closed
789 Elmgrove Road, Rochester, NY 14624 · Packaging and Labeling Services · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Citation 1, item 1 29 CFR 1910.147(f)(2)(i) · Lockout/tagout |
Other-than-serious | $0 | $0 | Sep 27, 2017 | Final |
Injury and illness logs
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2018, the Rochester site logged 9 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 291 workers: 2.7 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.0 for its industry. Those cases cost 272 days away from work.
| Site and year | Workers | Cases | Days-away cases | Rate | Industry median |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hammer Packaging/RochesterTech Park Rochester · 2018 | 291 | 9 | 7 | 2.7 | 2.0 |
| Hammer Packaging Rochester · 2018 | 212 | 6 | 6 | 2.8 | 2.0 |
Severe injury reports
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 1 report on file.
Oct 22, 2018, Rochester: Hospitalization, amputation · amputations · finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
An employee was cleaning under a label machine conveyor to remove labels that fell off a production line. As she attempted to pull a label that was stuck, her left ring and middle fingers were amputated at the distal phalanx.
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
29 CFR 1910.147 · Lockout/tagout
29 CFR 1910.147(c)(7)(i)(a)
(A) Each authorized employee shall receive training in the recognition of applicable hazardous energy sources, the type and magnitude of the energy available in the workplace, and the methods and means necessary for energy isolation and control.
29 CFR 1910.147(f)(2)(i)
(2) Check the work area to ensure that all employees have been safely positioned or removed from the area.
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.
Other commercial printing (except screen and books) employers in New York
- Ashton Potter (USA) Inc. Williamsville · 18 citations · $10,620
- Aladdin Packaging Hauppauge · 13 citations · $75,259
- Curco, Inc. dba Curcio Printing Vestal · 17 citations · $4,050
- Stellar Printing Inc. Long Island City · 23 citations · $21,207
- Dimensional Graphics Corp. Dansville · 6 citations · $15,730
- WL Concepts & Production, Inc. Freeport · 4 citations · $10,800
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA enforcement data. A citation is OSHA's allegation; employers can contest it, and the status column shows where each item stands. Something wrong on this page? Tell us.