Inspection Detail

Case Status: CLOSED

Inspection: 1552907.015 - Gershow Recycling Corporation

Inspection Information - Office: Long Island Area Office

Inspection Nr: 1552907.015

Report ID: 0214700

Date Opened: 09/13/2021

Site Address:
Gershow Recycling Corporation
71 Peconic Avenue
Medford, NY 11763

Mailing Address:
71 Peconic Avenue, Medford, NY 11763

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:

NAICS: 562920/Materials Recovery Facilities

Inspection Type: Fat/Cat

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 09/13/2021

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 06/30/2023

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	1811242

Case Status: CLOSED

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	2					2
Current Violations	1					1
Initial Penalty	$29,004	$0	$0	$0	$0	$29,004
Current Penalty	$14,502	$0	$0	$0	$0	$14,502
FTA Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0

Violation Items
#	Citation ID	Citation Type	Standard Cited	Issuance Date	Abatement Due Date	Current Penalty	Initial Penalty	FTA Penalty	Contest	Latest Event	Note
1.	01001	Serious	5A0001	03/11/2022	03/23/2022	$14,502	$14,502	$0	04/04/2022	F - Formal Settlement
2.	01002	Serious	19100135 A01	03/11/2022	03/17/2022	$0	$14,502	$0	04/04/2022	F - Formal Settlement	Citation has been deleted.

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 139103.015

Event: 09/11/2021

Employee is killed when struck by roll off truck bin door

At 9:15 a.m. on September 11, 2021, an employee was closing a 20-yard roll-off container door on an off-road truck. The employee was the truck driver who operated the vehicle, moving materials around a recycling yard. The employee was attempting to open the back door of the roll-off container, which had a missing lower hinge pin. The employee requested a coworker who was a heavy equipment operator to provide mechanical assistance in opening the door. The heavy equipment operator recognized that the bottom hinge of the door was missing and notified the employee and recommendeed he chain the door open and contact a welder to replace the hinge pin. The employee acknowledged the missing pin and proceeded to dump the roll-off container. Once emptied, the employee attempted to close the bin door. The top hinge of the door broke off and the bin door fell off the roll-off container and struck the employee in the head. The employee was killed from blunt force trauma to the head.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Concussion, Defect, Defective, Defective Equipment, Dumpster, Falling Object, Hard Hat, Head, Inexperience, Material Handling, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, PPE, PPE Hazard Assessment, Pin, Skull, Struck By, Training, Truck, Truck Driver

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1552907.015	32	M	Fatality		Truck Driver: Heavy/Tractor-Trailer

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