Inspection Detail

Inspection: 124750852 - Willamette Industries Inc

Inspection Information - Office: Eugene

Inspection Nr: 124750852

Report ID: 1054114

Date Opened: 05/12/1994

Site Address:
Willamette Industries Inc
3251 Old Salem Hwy
Albany, OR 97321

Mailing Address:
Po Box 339, Albany, OR 97321

Union Status: Union

SIC:2621

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 06/21/1994

Planning Guide: Safety-Manufacturing

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 08/23/1994

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	1					1
Current Violations	1					1
Initial Penalty	$1,250	$0	$0	$0	$0	$1,250
Current Penalty	$1,250	$0	$0	$0	$0	$1,250
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	19100147 E02 I	07/13/1994	05/12/1994	$1,250	$1,250	$0		-

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 170133706

Event: 05/12/1994

Employee hospitalized when tied off to activated drive shaft

Employee #1, of Reed's Painting, which was contracted to paint a paper machine during a shut-down, was painting piping that was 15 to 16 ft high and located in a cramped location. The employees were using a stepladder, a scaffold plank, and a building beam to access the pipes, and wore full body harnesses with lanyards for fall protection. A 12 ft long, 5 in. diameter drive shaft to the cantilever beam of the paper machine was located near the work site. Because of its construction and location (couplers or joints not readily visible and running parallel to other piping) Employee #1 mistook the drive shaft for piping and attached his lanyard to it. When paper company workers on the other side of the machine activated the cantilever system to open the machine, Employee #1's lanyard wound around the shaft. The 30 rpm shaft wound him tight against the anchor ring on the back of his body harness and then carried him one revolution around the shaft. He went between two 18 to 19 in. openings between other fixed surfaces. Employee #1 was freed by a coworker who began to cut his cinched body harness before the shaft stopped turning. He was hospitalized.

Keywords: LANYARD, ENTANGLED, PAINTER, TIE-OFF, DRIVE SHAFT, INATTENTION, CONSTRUCTION

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	124750852					Occupation Not Listed

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