Inspection Detail

Inspection: 105495618 - Defender Industries Inc.- Leroy Plant

Inspection Information - Office: Sc Department Of Labor, Licensing, And Regulation

Inspection Nr: 105495618

Report ID: 0454510

Date Opened: 03/21/1989

Site Address:
Defender Industries Inc.- Leroy Plant
Hwy. 9
Fort Lawn, SC 29174

Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 1775, Columbia, SC 29202

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:7349

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 04/18/1989

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 11/14/1990

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	360282826

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	2					2
Current Violations	2					2
Initial Penalty	$1,050	$0	$0	$0	$0	$1,050
Current Penalty	$525	$0	$0	$0	$0	$525
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.	02001	Serious	10012 A	05/02/1989	05/05/1989	$280	$560	$0	05/30/1989	F - Formal Settlement
2.	02002	Serious	19100212 A01	05/02/1989	05/11/1989	$245	$490	$0	05/30/1989	F - Formal Settlement

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 732933

Event: 03/20/1989

Employee killed when caught in rotating condenser

Employee #1 was checking a filter drum in an air wash room. He turned off the vacuum arms of the drum filter before entering the filter housing/plenum, which measured about 18 ft long by 12 ft wide by 8 ft tall. The rotating condenser, an open-ended filter facing the open end of the filter drum and rotating about one revolution in 8 minutes, is not shut down during the normal cleaning of the drum filter. The condenser is about 4 ft in diameter with two crossbraces that form spokes like those on a wheel, and is supported by a T-shaped support brace. The access passageway is 3 ft wide with a 10 in. vacuum line in the center of the passageway. Employee #1 reached into the condenser while it was turning and was pinned between the moving crossbraces and the T-shaped support. He died from a crushed neck, chest, abdomen and colon, fractured ribs, and internal bleeding. There was no guard on the rotating end of the condenser.

Keywords: WORK RULES, RIB, CHEST, FRACTURE, ROTATING PARTS, PINNED, CAUGHT BY, CRUSHED, NECK, UNGUARDED

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	105495618			Fatality	Other	Janitors and cleaners

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