Inspection Detail

Inspection: 108631680 - Gary Coke Operations, U.S.S.D.G.

Inspection Information - Office: Indiana Department Of Labor

Inspection Nr: 108631680

Report ID: 0551800

Date Opened: 07/02/1992

Site Address:
Gary Coke Operations, U.S.S.D.G.
One North Broadway
Gary, IN 46402

Mailing Address:
One North Broadway, 11-1, Gary, IN 46402

Union Status: Union

SIC:3316

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 07/29/1992

Planning Guide: Safety-Manufacturing

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 10/06/1992

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	361040363

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	2					2
Current Violations	2					2
Initial Penalty	$10,000	$0	$0	$0	$0	$10,000
Current Penalty	$7,500	$0	$0	$0	$0	$7,500
FTA Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0

Violation Items
#	Citation ID	Citation Type	Standard Cited	Issuance Date	Abatement Due Date	Current Penalty	Initial Penalty	FTA Penalty	Contest	Latest Event	Note
1.	01001	Serious	2200080101	09/17/1992	09/30/1992	$3,750	$5,000	$0		I - Informal Settlement
2.	01002	Serious	19100212 A01	09/17/1992	09/21/1992	$3,750	$5,000	$0		I - Informal Settlement

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 170393748

Event: 07/02/1992

EMPLOYEE DIES WHEN CRUSHED IN COKE PLOW MECHANISM

AT APPROXIMATELY 7:35 A.M. ON OR ABOUT JULY 2, 1992, EMPLOYEE #1 ENTERED THE NUMBER 3 WHARF COKE PLOW AREA TO DETERMINE HOW TO INSTALL NEW PIPING ON A SPARE PLOW HEAD DRIVE ASSEMBLY. A COWORKER WAS IN THE PROCESS OF PUTTING THE WEST COKE PLOW ONLINE AT THE TIME. THE MACHINE OPERATOR SAW EMPLOYEE #1 AND WARNED HIM THAT THE PLOW WAS GOING TO BE ACTIVATED. EMPLOYEE #1 ACKNOWLEDGED THE WARNING WHILE STANDING ON AN UNGUARDED AREA OF THE ROTATING PLOW ARMS. WHEN THE WEST PLOW CAR WAS ACTIVATED BY THE OPERATOR, THE PLOW ARMS BEGAN TO ROTATE AND CAUGHT EMPLOYEE #1, PULLING HIM INTO A 3 1/2-INCH OPENING BETWEEN THE PLOW HEAD AND THE PLOW ARM. EMPLOYEE #1'S LEGS WERE BROKEN AND CRUSHED AND THERE WAS INTERNAL BLEEDING. EMPLOYEE #1 DIED ON THE WAY TO THE HOSPITAL. IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE OPERATOR'S VIEW OF WHERE EMPLOYEE #1 WAS STANDING WAS OBSTRUCTED AND HE THEREFORE COULD NOT DETERMINE EMPLOYEE #1'S POSITION.

Keywords: FRACTURE, OBSTRUCTED VIEW, WORK RULES, CAUGHT BY, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, UNGUARDED, INATTENTION, LEG

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	108631680			Fatality	Other	Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters

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