Inspection Detail

Case Status: CLOSED

Inspection: 1374648.015 - Pukall Lumber Company, Inc.

Inspection Information - Office: Appleton Area Office

Inspection Nr: 1374648.015

Report ID: 0521100

Date Opened: 01/29/2019

Site Address:
Pukall Lumber Company, Inc.
10894 State Hwy 70 East
Arbor Vitae, WI 54568

Mailing Address:
10894 State Hwy 70 East, Arbor Vitae, WI 54568

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:

NAICS: 321113/Sawmills

Inspection Type: Fat/Cat

Scope: Complete

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 07/17/2019

Emphasis: P:Amputate, N:Amputate, N:Svep

Case Closed: 09/09/2020

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	1421010

Case Status: CLOSED

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	14	2		3		19
Current Violations	10	1	1	6		18
Initial Penalty	$99,183	$249,284	$0	$0	$0	$348,467
Current Penalty	$45,902	$117,598	$11,500	$0	$0	$175,000
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	Latest Event	Note
1.	01001A	Serious	19100028 B01 I	07/17/2019		$4,332	$7,293	$0	I - Informal Settlement
2.	01001B	Serious	19100265 C04 IV	07/17/2019	08/14/2019	$0	$0	$0	I - Informal Settlement
3.	01002	Serious	19100147 D	07/17/2019	08/14/2019	$5,105	$10,210	$0	I - Informal Settlement
4.	01003	Serious	19100212 A01	07/17/2019	08/14/2019	$4,376	$7,293	$0	I - Informal Settlement
5.	01004	Serious	19100213 I01	07/17/2019		$4,376	$7,293	$0	I - Informal Settlement
6.	01005A	Serious	19100213 N01	07/17/2019	08/14/2019	$4,376	$7,293	$0	I - Informal Settlement
7.	01005B	Serious	19100213 N03	07/17/2019		$0	$0	$0	I - Informal Settlement
8.	01006	Serious	19100213 R04	07/17/2019	08/14/2019	$4,376	$7,293	$0	I - Informal Settlement
9.	01007A	Serious	19100219 D01	07/17/2019	08/14/2019	$4,376	$7,293	$0	I - Informal Settlement
10.	01007B	Serious	19100219 E03 I	07/17/2019	08/14/2019	$0	$0	$0	I - Informal Settlement
11.	01007C	Serious	19100219 F03	07/17/2019	08/14/2019	$0	$0	$0	I - Informal Settlement
12.	01008A	Serious	19100253 B04 III	07/17/2019	08/14/2019	$0	$7,293	$0	I - Informal Settlement	Citation has been deleted.
13.	01008B	Serious	19100253 E03 II C 3	07/17/2019	08/14/2019	$4,376	$0	$0	I - Informal Settlement
14.	01009	Serious	19100265 C18 I	07/17/2019	09/05/2019	$5,105	$10,210	$0	I - Informal Settlement
15.	01010	Serious	19100265 C21 II A	07/17/2019	08/14/2019	$5,105	$10,210	$0	I - Informal Settlement
16.	02001	Willful	19100147 D	07/17/2019	08/14/2019	$117,598	$132,598	$0	I - Informal Settlement
17.	02002	Repeat	19100265 C18 I	07/17/2019	08/14/2019	$11,500	$116,686	$0	I - Informal Settlement
18.	03001	Other	19100037 B02	07/17/2019	08/14/2019	$0	$0	$0	I - Informal Settlement
19.	03002	Other	19100146 C02	07/17/2019	08/14/2019	$0	$0	$0	I - Informal Settlement	Citation has been deleted.
20.	03003	Other	19101200 F06	07/17/2019		$0	$0	$0	I - Informal Settlement
21.	03004	Other	19100265 C03 III	07/17/2019	08/14/2019	$0	$0	$0	I - Informal Settlement
22.	03005A	Other	19100303 B02	07/17/2019	08/14/2019	$0	$5,834	$0	I - Informal Settlement
23.	03005B	Other	19100303 C03 I	07/17/2019		$0	$0	$0	I - Informal Settlement
24.	03005C	Other	19100303 G01 I B	07/17/2019	08/14/2019	$0	$0	$0	I - Informal Settlement
25.	03006A	Other	19100305 A02 IX	07/17/2019	08/14/2019	$0	$5,834	$0	I - Informal Settlement
26.	03006B	Other	19100305 B01 I	07/17/2019	08/14/2019	$0	$0	$0	I - Informal Settlement
27.	03006C	Other	19100305 B01 II	07/17/2019	08/14/2019	$0	$0	$0	I - Informal Settlement
28.	03006D	Other	19100305 B02 I	07/17/2019	08/14/2019	$0	$0	$0	I - Informal Settlement
29.	03006E	Other	19100305 G01 IV	07/17/2019	08/14/2019	$0	$0	$0	I - Informal Settlement
30.	03007	Other	19100334 A03 I	07/17/2019	08/14/2019	$0	$5,834	$0	I - Informal Settlement

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 113086.015

Event: 01/29/2019

Employee is caught in a conveyor and is killed

At 7:18 a.m. on January 29, 2019, Employee #1 was shoveling bark out from under a bark belt conveyor in the boiler area to clean up. A jam occurred on the small bark belt leading to bark piling up and spilling over the conveyor and under the stairway. Employee #1 raised the stairway and prepared to clean the spilled bark. Employee #1 knelt down next to an unguarded tail pulley for the outdoor small bark belt to shovel out bark that had spilled onto the ground underneath a staircase. Employee #1 was pulled into the unguarded conveyor when his clothing became entangled in the self cleaning pulley. Employee #1 was asphyxiated due to strangulation from their clothing becoming entangled in the self cleaning pulley.

Keywords: Asphyxiated, Caught In, Conveyor Belt

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1374648.015	30	M	Fatality		Sawing machine operators

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