Inspection Detail

Inspection: 115704975 - Avison Lumber Company

Inspection Information - Office: Or-E-Salem 1054100

Inspection Nr: 115704975

Report ID: 1054118

Date Opened: 10/09/1992

Site Address:
Avison Lumber Company
500 E 5th St
Molalla, OR 97038

Mailing Address:
Po Box 419, Molalla, OR 97038

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:2421

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 11/12/1992

Planning Guide: Safety-Manufacturing

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 04/07/1993

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	1					1
Current Violations	1					1
Initial Penalty	$2,500	$0	$0	$0	$0	$2,500
Current Penalty	$2,500	$0	$0	$0	$0	$2,500
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	750005001	12/11/1992	10/09/1992	$2,500	$2,500	$0		-

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 170129720

Event: 10/09/1992

Employee injured in fall from bin sorter

At approximately 1:00 p.m. on October 8, 1992, the bin sorter in mill #5 plugged up. The sorter crew had been trying to free the lumber hangup in bin #2. Employee #1 had been working on the computer of the sorter when he noticed the hangup from the office and went out to help. He was standing on the lumber in bin #1, moving the tangled boards in bin #2, when the lumber in bin #2 came loose and fell to the bottom. Employee #1 was holding a piece of falling lumber that pulled him off the lumber in bin #1, and he fell 17 1/2 ft to the lower floor. He landed headfirst, sustaining a broken vertebra and rib and a punctured lung. His hard hat probably saved his life.

Keywords: FRACTURE, LUNG, CLEANING, JAMMED, LUMBER, RIB, FALL, VERTEBRA, PUNCTURE

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	115704975			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Electronic repairers, communica. & indus. equip.

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