Lewis Industries: OSHA inspections and violations

Incident on Nov 28, 2000: Employee injures both hands when struck by slitter blade

At approximately 10:30 a.m. on November 28, 2000, Employee #1 was working for Le wis Industries Inc. According to his employer, the employee was slitting a block of foam when the foam became stuck in slitter machine, Model Number 60-88 PVT. Employee #1 went to the back of machine to push the foam out and fell into the m oving blades, causing deep lacerations to both of his hands. The power supply to the machine was not disconnected, and no extension tools were provided and used for the task. Employee #1 was hospitalized at a nearby industrial clinic. The e mployer had no training records for the injured employee to show that he was tra ined to work on the slitter machine involved in his accident.