Inspection Detail

Inspection: 123619124 - South Houston Concrete Pipe, Inc.

Inspection Information - Office: Houston South Area Office

Inspection Nr: 123619124

Report ID: 0626700

Date Opened: 10/13/1999

Site Address:
South Houston Concrete Pipe, Inc.
828 Old Genoa Red Bluff Rd.
Houston, TX 77034

Mailing Address:
, , 00000

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:3272

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 01/26/2000

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 01/22/2002

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	360975296

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	5			3		8
Current Violations	3			4		7
Initial Penalty	$12,200	$0	$0	$1,200	$0	$13,400
Current Penalty	$2,800	$0	$0	$1,600	$0	$4,400
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	Other	19100023 A08	03/13/2000	03/16/2000	$400	$1,000	$0	04/04/2000	J - ALJ Decision
2.	01002	Serious	19100147 C01	03/13/2000	04/27/2000	$2,800	$2,800	$0	04/04/2000	J - ALJ Decision
3.	01003	Serious	19100147 C04 I	03/13/2000	04/27/2000	$0	$2,800	$0	04/04/2000	J - ALJ Decision
4.	01004	Serious	19100147 C05 I	03/13/2000	04/27/2000	$0	$2,800	$0	04/04/2000	J - ALJ Decision
5.	01005	Serious	19100212 A03 II	03/13/2000	04/27/2000	$0	$2,800	$0	04/04/2000	J - ALJ Decision	Citation has been deleted.
6.	02001	Other	19040002 A02	03/13/2000	03/24/2000	$400	$400	$0	04/04/2000	J - ALJ Decision
7.	02002	Other	19100146 C01	03/13/2000	03/16/2000	$400	$400	$0	04/04/2000	J - ALJ Decision
8.	02003	Other	19101200 E01	03/13/2000	04/27/2000	$400	$400	$0	04/04/2000	J - ALJ Decision

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 201921434

Event: 10/13/1999

Employee crushed by machine after climbing in it

Employee #1 was conducting pre-maintenance on a conveyor belt and motor. This consisted of oiling, greasing , and cleaning the dried cement from the conveyor belt and motor under the packer head carriage. From conversations and interviews with the employer and employees, Employee #1 was cleaning the conveyor belt and motor under the packer head carriage with the machine running. It was done this way because the carriage assembly had to be raised and lowered to oil, grease and clean. The company does not have a Lockout/tagout program. It was theorized that Employee #1 was cleaning the motor under the carriage assembly, using a wrench. The carriage assembly had to be low enough to reach the motor. During this cleaning process, Employee #1 dropped the wrench. Employee #1 climbed on the conveyor belt to find the wrench and was pinned between the packer head assembly and conveyor belt. At the time of the accident, the packer head carriage assembly controls were in neutral. When in neutral, the carriage assembly slowly lowers. Before he died, Employee #1 told the first person to arrive at the scene that he was trying to find a wrench that he had dropped. The wrench was later found in the conveyor belt after the machine was stared again.

Keywords: WRENCH, CLEANING, ENGINE, LOCKOUT, CRUSHED, CONVEYOR BELT

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	123619124			Fatality	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Laborers, except construction

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