Inspection Detail

Case Status: CLOSED

Inspection: 1527230.015 - Carpenter Technology Corporation

Inspection Information - Office: Harrisburg Area Office

Inspection Nr: 1527230.015

Report ID: 0316700

Date Opened: 04/26/2021

Site Address:
Carpenter Technology Corporation
101 West Bern Street Building 64
Reading, PA 19601

Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 14662, Reading, PA 19612

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:

NAICS: 331110

Inspection Type: Referral

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 05/11/2021

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 10/20/2021

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Referral	1761237	Yes

Case Status: CLOSED

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	1					1
Current Violations				1		1
Initial Penalty	$13,653	$0	$0	$0	$0	$13,653
Current Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$12,000	$0	$12,000
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	Contest	Latest Event	Note
1.	01001	Other	19100030 C03	07/12/2021	09/30/2021	$12,000	$13,653	$0		I - Informal Settlement

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 135097.015

Event: 04/26/2021

Employee sustains multiple trauma from fall into furnace pit

At 3:35 p.m. on April 26, 2021, an employee working as a furnace operator for an iron and steel mill was standing at the edge of a C Vacuum Induction Melting (VIM) Furnace pit. The employee fell nearly 19 feet into the pit. The employee was hospitalized to treat two broken ribs, two brain bleeds and a broken vertebra.

Keywords: Back, Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Brain, Brain Bleed, Broken Bone, Chest, Engineering Controls, Equipment Operator, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Fracture, Furnace, Guardrail, Head, Lack of Engineering Controls, Machine operator, Melting Furnace, Mill--Plant, PPE, PPE Hazard Assessment, Pit, Rib, Sprain, Traumatic Brain Injury, Vertebra

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1527230.015	37	M	Hospitalized injury		Furnace, kiln and oven operators

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