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Inspection: 302506837 - Kb Compost Services Inc.

Inspection Information - Office: Cleveland Area Office

 

Inspection Nr: 302506837
Report ID: 0522300
Date Opened: 05/15/1999

Site Address:
Kb Compost Services Inc.
2677 Riverview Road
Akron, OH 44313

Mailing Address:
, , 00000

Union Status: Union

SIC:2875

NAICS: 0 

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 07/23/1999

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 10/08/1999

Related Activity
Type Activity Nr Safety Health
Accident 100100767
Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties Serious Willful Repeat Other Unclass Total
Initial Violations 5 5
Current Violations 4 1 5
Initial Penalty $14,000 $0 $0 $0 $0 $14,000
Current Penalty $6,300 $0 $0 $0 $0 $6,300
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 5A0001 08/02/1999 09/04/1999 $2,100 $3,500 $0 I - Informal Settlement  
2. 01002A Serious 19100022 A01 08/02/1999 08/05/1999 $1,050 $1,750 $0 I - Informal Settlement  
3. 01002B Serious 19100037 K02 08/02/1999 08/05/1999 $0 $0 $0 -  
4. 01003A Serious 19100023 A08 08/02/1999 08/20/1999 $2,100 $3,500 $0 I - Informal Settlement  
5. 01003B Serious 19100037 D01 08/02/1999 08/20/1999 $0 $0 $0 -  
6. 01004A Other 19100023 C02 08/02/1999 09/04/1999 $0 $3,500 $0 I - Informal Settlement  
7. 01004B Serious 19100023 C03 08/02/1999 09/04/1999 $0 $0 $0 -  
8. 01005A Serious 19100037 F01 08/02/1999 09/04/1999 $1,050 $1,750 $0 I - Informal Settlement  
9. 01005B Serious 19100037 F06 08/02/1999 09/04/1999 $0 $0 $0 -  

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 200100501
Event: 05/15/1999
Employee killed in fall through chutes onto conveyor

Employee #1 was operating an Extractovator turning machine over a 10 ft deep by 20 ft wide by 730 ft long trough that served as a compost reactor, when he was called on to look at a broken machine in another part of the plant. He radioed ahead, left his digger, and was not heard from again until his body was found hours later. He had apparently ridden or fallen onto an upper conveyor belt that moved compost material. The upper conveyor fed into an approximately 20 in. by 43 in. unguarded chute opening that led to another conveyor, approximately 6 ft below. Evidence indicates that Employee #1 went down this first chute, rode another conveyor, went through a second chute, rode another conveyor, and finally fell off as the belt left the rollers to climb to a final packer chute and conveyor. There was no hood, guard, grating, or interlocks to prevent a person on the upper chute from falling through it to the moving conveyor below. Employee #1 died as a result of a fractured neck.

Keywords: FRACTURE, WORK RULES, GRATING, INTERLOCK, RIDING ON EQUIPMENT, CONVEYOR, FALL, NECK, CONVEYOR BELT, UNGUARDED

Investigated Inspection
# Inspection Age Sex Degree of Injury Nature of Injury Occupation
1 302506837 Fatality Fracture Occupation not reported
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