Inspection Detail

Case Status: CLOSED

Inspection: 1448635.015 - Alawood Chip & Biomass, Inc.

Inspection Information - Office: Mobile Area Office

Inspection Nr: 1448635.015

Report ID: 0418600

Date Opened: 12/03/2019

Site Address:
Alawood Chip & Biomass, Inc.
2305 Baugh Street
Linden, AL 36748

Mailing Address:
Po Box 71810, Tuscaloosa, AL 35407

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:

NAICS: 321999/All Other Miscellaneous Wood Product Manufacturing

Inspection Type: Referral

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 12/03/2019

Emphasis: N:Amputate

Case Closed: 01/17/2020

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Referral	1521623	Yes

Case Status: CLOSED

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	2					2
Current Violations	2					2
Initial Penalty	$7,956	$0	$0	$0	$0	$7,956
Current Penalty	$4,774	$0	$0	$0	$0	$4,774
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 C04 I	12/21/2019	01/13/2020	$2,387	$3,978	$0		I - Informal Settlement
2.	01002	Serious	19100147 C07 I A	12/21/2019	01/13/2020	$2,387	$3,978	$0		I - Informal Settlement

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 122174.015

Event: 11/25/2019

Employee's finger is crushed in pinch point, is later surgic

At 11:50 a.m. on November 25, 2019, a log traveling on the conveyor between the debarker and chipper jammed in the throat of the chipper. Employee #1 responded to the scene to assist in the unjamming of the log. Employee #1 rigged a chain to the log, and then waited out of the way on the adjacent catwalk, while a coworker positioned the track loader's grapplers in the walls of the conveyor near the jammed log. Employee #1 attempted to rig the chain to the grapplers, but the chain did not reach. Employee #1 rested his hands on the top edge of the conveyor side wall, while a coworker made a minor adjustment to the position of the grapplers. In association with the minor adjustment of the position of the grapplers, the grapplers swayed on its swivel joint and pinched the tip of Employee #1's right ring finger between it and the conveyor side wall. Employee #1's right ring finger tip was crushed and then surgically removed at the hospital. The employee was not hospitalized.

Keywords: Amputated, Amputation, Chain, Chipper, Conveyor, Crushed, Finger, Jammed, Log, Pinch Point, Pinched

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1448635.015	35	M	Non Hospitalized injury		Helpers, mechanics and repairers

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