Printing Machinery and Equipment Manufacturing

Industry Summary

On Thursday, September 1st 2016 OSHA reps took a report of a serious accident in Franklin, MA after learning of an incident at Itweae, Inc. which had occured on Monday, August 29th 2016. A had been injured when the caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Accident Date2016-08-29
Accident DegreeInjury
NarrativeAn employee had his hand on a screen printer while another employee was performing a calibration. The machine went to park and caught the employee's left thumb. The left thumb was amputated from the nail forward.
OSHA investigators arrived in Atglen, PA on Saturday, March 21st 2015 and began an accident investigation which had occured previously at Quad Graphics, Llc. A 44 year old man working as a was killed on the job when the employee killed when caught in a paper baler
OSHA ID79392.015
Accident Date2015-03-20
Accident DegreeFatality
NarrativeAt 6:00 p.m. on March 20, 2015, an employee was clearing a jam from the paper f luffer while standing in a Fluffer Baler chute. The employee was killed when en gulfed by falling paper that broke free from the jammed paper fluffer baler.
The accident investigation below was opened on Wednesday, March 4th 2015 by OSHA representitives in Melrose Park, IL after learning of an incident at Alin Machining Company, Inc. which had occured on Saturday, February 21st 2015. A had been injured when the caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
Accident Date2015-02-21
Accident DegreeInjury
Narrative An employee sustained an injury to his left pinky finger as he was polishing a coil with a CNC lathe. The door safety interlocks were disengaged allowing the employee to polish parts of the coil as the machine was running.

OSHA Inspection Activity

Accident Rate

5 Year Average
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Last 12 Months
0

Reporting Statistics

Inspection Records: 70
-66.7%
Inspection Rate:
Violation Records:
Accident Records: 4

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