Quad/Graphics, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Incident on Aug 6, 2022 (fatal): Employee fractures ankle then suffers heart attack and dies

At 11:00 p.m. on August 6, 2022, an employee was feeding the UB -010 finish binder machine with cover sheets that were collected from a pallet that was placed on top of a fixed base rotating turn table. The employee took a stack of cover sheets to the vibrating air table to help separate the stacks and minimize double feeds. The UB-010 binder machine, located inside the finishing department, collected different sheets and bound them together to create a magazine. While the employee was walking around the rotating turn table, her foot got caught underneath the fixed leg, which caused her to fall to the concrete floor. Th employee was initially evaluated at the onsite medical unit and was thought to have a strain and knee contusion. The medical unit recommended the employee follow-up with the onsite doctor, which took place on August 8, 2022. An x-ray was taken and showed that the employee had a spiral fracture of the distal fibula. The employee was referred to an orthopedic specialist which was scheduled for August 11, 2022. On August 10, 2022,�the employee went to the emergency room with shortness of breath and died later that evening due to cardiac arrest.

Incident on Mar 31, 2020: Employee breaks leg when caught between crane frame and cros

At 10:30 a.m. on March 31, 2020, an employee and a coworker, both working as electricians and a journeyman mechanics for a graphic design service were conducting maintenance work. They started preventative maintenance (PM) on the High Density Storage System (HDSS). Both the employee and the coworker had been trained to work on the HDSS system including an HSDD climbing class where this process was reviewed. In this training, both were taught the proper way to tie off in the HDSS, using radios for communication and driving/operating the crane in both manual and auto mode. The aisle has two cranes in operation. Crane #1 was parked, the crane aisle placed in maintenance, and the crane gate closed and secured. This allowed Crane #2 to safely continue picking up skids while they performed PM on Crane #1. The employee was the lead electrician/mechanic providing direction to the coworker. One item on their PM list was painting the chains, which required they lubricate the chains manually. To do this, the coworker was in Crane #1 operating the crane in manual mode. The employee was on the lift station, seated above the crane on a cross support bar to perform lubrication and test the vertical limit switch. He was correctly tied off to the system. The employee and coworker communicated by radio. When they reached the very top of the HDSS, the employee manually tripped the vertical limit switch to perform the PM. After they had reset the limit switches, they communicated by radio. The coworker thought he heard the employee tell him to go up, when he actually said to go down. When the coworker moved the crane and lift station up, the employee pinned his leg between the frame of the crane and the cross bar of the lift station. The employee broke his leg and was hospitalized.

Incident on Feb 1, 2019: Employee amputates finger while clearing jam in commercial p

At 3:30 a.m. on February 1, 2019, an employee was operating a printing line C52 at a commercial printing facility when the printing web broke. The employee was webbing up the line when it jammed the Goss folder machine and he tried to clear the jam that was in the folder while the line was running. The employee caught and amputated his left index finger between the gripper drum and the diverter plate. The employee was hospitalized.

Incident on Mar 26, 2017: Employee is changing out roll and amputates fingertip

At 10:30 a.m. on March 26, 2017, an employee pushed on the end of the paper roll shaft with expired core to slide one end into a new paper roll and remove the expired core off the other end near his hands. The employee pinched one of their fingers be between the edges of the expired core and a cut-out in the metal shaft when the expired core broke free from the shaft and slide freely towards the employee's hand. The employee amputated the tip of their right middle finger and fractured the same finger.