No lessons learned from first amputation; second follows a week later
The company had been cited by OSHA for 47 violations since 1988
Two workers at one company working at two separate press brakes suffered amputations eight days apart last January – resulting in fines and membership in OSHA’s Severe Violator Enforcement Program for T & D Metal Products LLC of Watseka, IL.
OSHA cited T & D Metal Products LLC with four safety, including three willful, violations, after the injuries at the company's Watseka metal stamping facility.
"T & D Metal Products failed to ensure machine guarding and safety procedures were in place to protect employees, even after a worker was injured. This negligence contributed to a second worker being injured on the same type of equipment eight days later," said Tom Bielema, OSHA's area director in Peoria.