Inspection Detail

Inspection: 104473020 - Bethlehem Steel Corporation

Inspection Information - Office: Department Of Labor, Licensing, And Regulation Division Of Labor And Industry Maryland Occupational Safety And Health

Inspection Nr: 104473020

Report ID: 0352430

Date Opened: 08/21/1991

Site Address:
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Sparrows Point Blvd
Sparrows Point, MD 21219

Mailing Address:
701 East Third Street, Room #157, Bethlehem, PA 18016

Union Status: Union

SIC:3312

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 10/07/1991

Planning Guide: Safety-Manufacturing

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 09/17/2007

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	360618722

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	1					1
Current Violations
Initial Penalty	$665	$0	$0	$0	$0	$665
Current Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
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	Contest	Latest Event	Note
1.	01001	Serious	19100212 A01	10/29/1991	11/01/1991	$665	$665	$0	11/08/1991	R - Review Commission	Citation has been deleted.

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 889444

Event: 08/21/1991

Employee killed when head strikes against lathe

Employee #1, a machinist with 12 years of experience, was wearing leather gloves while he was using a strip of emery cloth to polish the roll neck of a 125-in.-long plater roll in a Lodge & Shipley lathe. The roll was rotating toward him at 344 rpm. The cuff of his left hand glove became caught in the 0.227-in.-deep by 0.375-in.-wide keyway at the threaded section of the roll neck, 9.25 in. from the chuck. His left arm was pulled around the lathe, and his head struck the rotating chuck, causing massive injuries and bleeding. He was killed. There was a written rule against wearing gloves while operating machinery. Employee #1 had been verbally warned not to wear gloves that morning at a daily safety meeting.

Keywords: HEAD, LATHE, LOSS OF BLOOD, GLOVE, MACHINIST, WORK RULES, STRUCK AGAINST, CAUGHT BY, ROLLER--MACH/PART

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	104473020			Fatality	Fracture	Machinists

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