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The Kapco (www.kapcoinc.com ) stamping facility gained significant media attention after being cited in July 2015 for numerous safety violations. A year after a worker amputated part of her right index finger on a spot welding machine at the metal stamping plant, a co-worker suffered a similar injury on the same machine on Feb. 5, 2015 leading to an OSHA investigation.
The Kapco case suggests that, under pressure to meet production goals, some manufacturers have not implemented effective machine safeguarding measures. It also suggests that these same manufacturers may not understand the business benefits of safeguarding the workforce. The fact is that employing safety not only helps prevent industrial accidents, but in most instances, also increases productivity. Safeguarding has a reputation for increasing cycle times or creating nuisance faults. But, the latest innovations in machine safeguarding have focused on eliminating these concerns.
OSHA's Limited Ability to Enforce
Regardless of the severity, industrial accidents are tragic, since most are avoidable. Kapco appears to be a case in which the manufacturer continued to operate a production machine disregarding a US Occupational Safety and Health Administration's (OSHA) citing a year before. The current administration's efforts to enact legislation to strengthen OSHA's enforcement of harsh penalties continues to meet resistance.
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