Seal Methods, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Incident on Mar 17, 2011: Employee gets fingers crushed by punch press

At approximately 1:15 p.m., on March 17, 2011, Employee #1 of Seal Methods Inc., suffered a serious crushing injury to 3 fingers on her right hand when the top die of a Preco punch press came down and crushed her fingers during some adjusti ng work on a plastic liner in the danger zone of the machine. Employee #1 was tr ansported to Western Hand Center in Downey for treatment.

Incident on Sep 7, 2005: Employee's fingers amputated in machine

At approximately 11:30 a.m. on September 7, 2005, Employee #1 was operating the custom rotary, CRC, two-stage, rotary die, cutting machine Number 25. He placed a roll of foam sheeting on the winder of the machine and then placed the foam sh eet under the slitters. He switched the control button to "jog" the foam sheet i nto the first stage die cut with three rotary blades on rolls, then turned to co ntrol to "start" to operate the machine at the normal speed for cutting foam pad s. The roll of foam sheet was not running smoothly at the beginning of the opera tion, and it buckled as it entered into the first stage die cut. Employee #1 pla ced his left hand on the surface of the stock and force-fed it into the machine. As the stock started to roll through, his fingers contacted a seam line on the stock which drew his left hand into the point operation. Employee #1 was admitte d to Whittier Presbyterian Hospital for treatment of the amputation of his left index finger to the second knuckle, amputation of his middle finger to the first knuckle, and laceration of his ring finger.