The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration on Tuesday announced it cited a Terrell, Texas-based manufacturing company after a worker had three of his fingers amputated while troubleshooting an unguarded tube saw.
OSHA said it cited Madix Inc. for two repeat violations, three serious violations and three other-than-serious violations after the March workplace injury at the company’s Eclectic, Alabama, facility.
At the time of the amputation, the worker was trying to adjust a coolant feed line on the tube saw when his glove became caught and his hand was pulled into the saw’s spinning blades, according to OSHA, which proposed $158,051 in penalties.
OSHA inspectors said the company engaged in numerous failures, including permitting workers to operate a press machine with an unguarded material carriage and failing to repair a broken stop button on the automatic saw.
Madix, which manufactures retail shelving and displays and has two facilities in Alabama and numerous warehouses throughout the U.S. and the U.K., has 15 business days to contest the citation and penalties.
OSHA said it previously cited the company for similar violations, including a 2019 amputation injury.