Satco, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Incident on Oct 14, 2020: Employee fractures knee when struck by barrel

At 7:45 a.m. on October 14, 2020, an employee was in a building on the first floor, looking for a spool cable that he had been asked to bring to another assembler. The employee went to the outdoor tented storage area next to the loading dock to look for the spool cable, a 625 mm by 1,800 mm long piece that holds the cables that open the cargo container doors. The employee said that the spool cables were always in a white container inside a barrel. The employee said that there were three barrels stacked side by side on top of a pallet, and the pallet was placed on top of pieces of wood that were arranged like table legs on top of another pallet on the ground. The employee said that when he walked past, he barely touched the pallet holding the 55-gallon barrels of parts, and a metal barrel tilted sideways and fell on his right knee and then rolled onto his right foot. The employer said the barrel of parts weighed approximately 450 pounds, while the employee said the barrel weighed more than 1,000 pounds. The accident appears to have been caused by stored materials that were stacked and stored in an unsafe manner. The employee suffered a fractured right knee and spent three nights in the hospital.

Incident on Jan 8, 2005: Employee's fingers are amputated by drill press

On January 8, 2005, Employee #1, an assembler/machine operator, was using a Gort on brand mill setting up in a drill press configuration. He was drilling precisi on holes in a block of aluminum. As he did so, his right gloved hand was caught in the drill bit. The bit amputated his right little finger to just below the se cond joint and the ring finger to just above the second joint. Employee #1 was h ospitalized.