Quad Packaging has 4 OSHA inspections on record in Nebraska, the first in 2016.
OSHA's last visit started on Jan 17, 2018 on a referral, in Omaha.
Across those inspections OSHA issued 2 citation items: 2 other-than-serious.
OSHA proposed $16,298 in penalties and the amount has not been reduced.
For context, across all manufacturing employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $4,500. Quad Packaging averages $25,350 over 1 cited inspection in that time.
It reported 2 severe injuries to OSHA since 2015.
Inspection 342881828 OPENED JAN 17, 2018Closed
Referral · Partial · Safety · 320 employees at the site · Closed Jan 17, 2018
4200 S. 121st Plaza, Omaha, NE 68137 · Commercial Printing (except Screen and Books) · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
Incident on Jan 10, 2018: Employee's fingers and thumb are amputated while emptying du
At 4:00 a.m. on January 10, 2018, Employee #1 was manually removing dust from a dust collector. He reached into the dust collector and his fingers became caught in the spinning blades. His left pointer and middle fingers, as well as the tip of his left thumb were amputated. Employee #1 was hospitalized.
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 10, 2018, Omaha: Hospitalization, amputation · amputations · fingertip(s)
An employee was attempting to fix a dust collector when the spinning blades inside the collector amputated the tips of his left index finger, middle finger, and thumb.
Sep 23, 2016, Omaha: Hospitalization · fractures · hand(s), except finger(s)
An employee was working with a coworker to clear some scrap paper that was blocking a sensor on the baler and preventing the baler door from closing. The door could only be raised or lowered using the manual controls. While the employee was clearing the scrap paper from the sensor, his coworker activated the controls to lower the door. The door closed on his left hand, causing multiple metacarpal…
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
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