Two manufacturing companies were recently cited by OSHA in unrelated incidents for failing to prevent hazards that resulted in two workers losing fingers.
OSHA cited Industrial Packaging Corporation for nine safety violations and proposed $118,000 in penalties after a 23-year-old worker suffered the amputation of three fingertips while attempting to clear a jam from a machine at the corrugated cardboard manufacturer's facility in Arcadia, Wis. Inspectors determined that the injury could have been prevented if the company had trained workers in proper safety procedures to prevent the the machine's chopping blade from operating during servicing.