Inspection Detail

Inspection: 110128378 - U.S. Dept Of Agriculture, Fsis, Io

Inspection Information - Office: Jacksonville Area Office

Inspection Nr: 110128378

Report ID: 0419700

Date Opened: 06/30/1992

Site Address:
U.S. Dept Of Agriculture, Fsis, Io
5421 West Beaver Street
Jacksonville, FL 32205

Mailing Address:
Park Center, 124 Marriott Dr., #201, Tallahassee, FL 32301

Union Status: Union

SIC:7389

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Unprog Rel

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: Y

Ownership:

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 07/15/1992

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 09/23/1992

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Referral	901531988	Yes

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	1					1
Current Violations	1					1
Initial Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
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	08/21/1992	09/23/1992	$0	$0	$0		-

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 14331532

Event: 06/30/1992

Employee struck by poultry and arm severed by eviscerator

At approximately 8:45 p.m. on the second shift on June 24, 1992, Employee #1, a USDA poultry inspector, was checking the chilling procedure on the #1 pre-chiller and found that the water level was at 8 in. when it should have been 12 in. He immediately returned to the USDA office and called the second shift supervisor to tell him that the chillers were out of compliance. When the supervisor arrived, he and Employee #1 walked over to pre-chiller #1, whereupon Employee #1 showed the supervisor that the water level was low. The supervisor then asked Employee #1 if pre-chiller #2 was OK. Employee #1 told him he had not checked it yet. Employee #1 and the supervisor went over to the machine to check it. The water level was at 14 in. instead of 12 in. The supervisor tried to adjust the water level, but didn't know how to do it so he called over the second shift chiller operator. When they returned to pre-chiller #2, Employee #1 climbed onto a catwalk to check the water level. (It is not possible to check the water level from the floor because the overflow box is 64 3/4 in. from the floor.) The supervisor and the chiller operator then went back to see if they could adjust pre-chiller #1. Employee #1 decided to get off the catwalk and was backing out in a bent over position to get under the eviscerating line that comes across the chiller at a right angle. At this time a bird that hadn't dropped glanced off the back of his head. Employee #1 leaned forward by reflex to let the bird pass, and his hand went into the windmill just as a paddle was coming by. His hand was caught between the paddle and the case of the windmill. He yelled to the supervisor and chiller operator to shut off the chiller. The paddle continued to draw in his arm and severed it at the elbow.

Keywords: CLEARANCE, CATWALK, WALKING BACKWARD, SEVERED, STRUCK BY, ARM, BLADE

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	110128378					Occupation Not Listed

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