Since 1985, OSHA inspectors have visited Payson Casters, Inc. in Illinois 7 times.
The most recent inspection opened on Jun 13, 2019 to monitor an earlier case, in Gurnee.
In all, OSHA issued 29 citation items: 26 serious and 3 other-than-serious.
The proposed penalties came to $38,635; today they stand at $21,985, 43% less.
The rule cited most here is 1910.217 (mechanical power presses), 10 times.
Among manufacturing employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $3,600 penalty. Payson Casters, Inc. averages $7,175 across 2 cited inspections.
It reported 2 severe injuries to OSHA since 2015.
Inspection 342805165 OPENED DEC 1, 2017Closed
Referral · Partial · Safety · 100 employees at the site · Closed Feb 13, 2018
2323 Delaney Rd, Gurnee, IL 60031 · Ball and Roller Bearing Manufacturing · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
Incident on Nov 29, 2017: Employee's fingertip is amputated in a mechanical power pres
At 2:45 p.m. on November 29, 2017, Employee #1 was stamping parts in a full-revolution mechanical power press. The machine cycled with the employee's hand in the point of operation and the employee's finger became caught between a misaligned part and the die. The pull-out safety device did not engage in time to extract his finger. Employee #1 sustained an amputation to the right index fingertip.
No citations from this inspection.
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 2 reports on file.
Jan 9, 2019, Gurnee: Amputation · amputations · fingertip(s)
An employee was up righting a table with another employee when the other employee dropped the table and the tabletop fell on the injured employee's finger, resulting in a right middle fingertip amputation.
Nov 29, 2017, Gurnee: Amputation · amputations · finger(s), fingernail(s), n.e.c.
An employee was putting a part on a punch press when the employee's right hand entered the press, amputating his index finger.
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
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