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Inspection Detail
Inspection: 1465466.015 - Welter Forest Products
Inspection Information - Office: Appleton Area Office
Site Address:
Welter Forest Products
949 Lakeview Lane
Weyauwega, WI 54983
Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 320, New London, WI 54961
Union Status: NonUnion
SIC:
NAICS: 321113/Sawmills
Inspection Type: Referral
Scope: Partial
Advanced Notice: N
Ownership: Private
Safety/Health: Safety
Close Conference: 02/25/2020
Emphasis: N:Amputate, L:Piv
Case Closed: 05/29/2020
| Type | Activity Nr | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|
| Referral | 1545205 | Yes | |
| Inspection | 1473361 | Yes | |
| Inspection | 1465096 | Yes | |
| Inspection | 1465096 | Yes |
| Violations/Penalties | Serious | Willful | Repeat | Other | Unclass | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Initial Violations | 5 | 5 | ||||
| Current Violations | 3 | 1 | 4 | |||
| Initial Penalty | $46,845 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $46,845 |
| Current Penalty | $20,000 | $0 | $0 | $3,000 | $0 | $23,000 |
| FTA Penalty | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| # | 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 | 05/01/2020 | 06/01/2020 | $4,000 | $8,675 | $0 | I - Informal Settlement | ||
| 2. | 01002 | Serious | 19100219 C02 I | 05/01/2020 | $12,000 | $12,145 | $0 | I - Informal Settlement | |||
| 3. | 01003 | Serious | 19100265 C04 IV | 05/01/2020 | 06/01/2020 | $4,000 | $8,675 | $0 | I - Informal Settlement | ||
| 4. | 01004 | Serious | 19100265 C21 II A | 05/01/2020 | $0 | $8,675 | $0 | I - Informal Settlement | Citation has been deleted. | ||
| 5. | 01005A | Other | 19100265 D04 III | 05/01/2020 | 06/01/2020 | $3,000 | $8,675 | $0 | I - Informal Settlement | ||
| 6. | 01005B | Other | 19100265 E01 V | 05/01/2020 | 06/01/2020 | $0 | $0 | $0 | I - Informal Settlement |
Investigation Summary
At 7:50 a.m. on February 18, 2020, an employee was working at a sawmill. He was a laborer. He was at the sawmill's edger operator station, at the end of the green chain line where employees stack lumber. He was operating a McDonough edger. He was feeding boards and cants from the head saw and resaw into the edger. The resaw was a model number WPRS-ECD West Plains Resaw Systems, Inc. resaw, with serial number 1006. He was reaching for a board over a rotating shaft on a chain conveyor. The conveyor was the log chain that connected the resaw to the edger. His sweatshirt was pulled into an unguarded rotating shaft. His sweatshirt become entangled in the shaft. The employee was able to pull himself out of the sweatshirt, but he suffered multiple compound fractures to his right arm. He was hospitalized. Edger operators were exposed to unguarded rotating shafts for the lumber chain conveyors on a daily basis in the production of rough lumber. The chain conveyors brought lumber directly from the head saw on the right or resaw on the left. The operator than fed the lumber into the edger. Employees stood within inches of the rotating shaft and would at times bump against it. Other equipment at the site, in addition to the resaw and the edger, included a chain outfeed conveyor, a McDonough head saw, a Morbark Chip-Pac chipper, and a Green chain line. Investigations 124268 and 124310 describe the same incident. Both have the same UPA, 1545205.
Keywords: Arm, Caught By, Chain, Clothing, Compound Fracture, Conveyor, Edger, Fracture, Machine Guarding, Machine operator, Pulled In, Rotating Shaft, Saw, Sawmill, Unguarded
| # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree of Injury | Nature of Injury | Occupation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1465466.015 | 46 | M | Hospitalized injury | Laborers, except construction |