Inspection Detail

Inspection: 100797794 - S.S. White Industrial Products Div.

Inspection Information - Office: Avenel Area Office

Inspection Nr: 100797794

Report ID: 0213400

Date Opened: 11/20/1987

Site Address:
S.S. White Industrial Products Div.
151 Old New Brunswick Rd.
Piscataway, NJ 08854

Mailing Address:
, , 00000

Union Status: Union

SIC:3496

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Complaint

Scope: Complete

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Health

Close Conference: 02/24/1988

Planning Guide: Health-Manufacturing

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 06/02/1988

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Complaint	71855621		Yes

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	1			1		2
Current Violations	1			1		2
Initial Penalty	$240	$0	$0	$0	$0	$240
Current Penalty	$240	$0	$0	$0	$0	$240
FTA Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0

Violation Items
#	Citation ID	Citaton Type	Standard Cited	Issuance Date	Abatement Due Date	Current Penalty	Initial Penalty	FTA Penalty	Latest Event
1.	01001A	Serious	19101200 E01 I	03/03/1988	04/04/1988	$240	$240	$0	-
2.	01001B	Serious	19101200 H02 II	03/03/1988	04/04/1988	$0	$0	$0	-
3.	02001	Other	19101001 K01	03/03/1988	05/27/1988	$0	$0	$0	P - Petition to Mod Abatement

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 768689

Event: 11/20/1987

Employee killed when struck by falling roll of plastic

Employee #1 was operating a GEC plastic turret winding machine and had filled both inner rolls of the upper and lower turrets to their capacity of about 1,000 lb. He then moved the full roll on the upper turret to the outside and cut the plastic with a knife to make the automatic transfer of plastic to the new roll. The transfer was not properly made to the new roll, and the plastic began to jam up the machine. Employee #1 stopped the machine and rotated the full roll back to the inside position. As he leaned over the full lower roll to thread the plastic back through the propellers, the upper roll fell about 12 ft, landing across his back, crushing his chest, lacerating his heart and killing him. The four retaining bolts on the turret had loosened enough to permit it to be displaced by the weight of the roll, thus allowing it to fall out of the retaining chuck. This condition may have been exacerbated by the jammed plastic that was wound tightly around the chuck.

Keywords: CHEST, HEART, MAINTENANCE, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, JAMMED, CRUSHED, LACERATION, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	100797794			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported

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