Inspection Detail

Inspection: 304710171 - Dext Company Of Maryland .

Inspection Information - Office: Department Of Labor, Licensing, And Regulation Division Of Labor And Industry Maryland Occupational Safety And Health

Inspection Nr: 304710171

Report ID: 0352430

Date Opened: 12/14/2001

Site Address:
Dext Company Of Maryland .
3220 Sun Street
Baltimore, MD 21226

Mailing Address:
, , 00000

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:2048

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 03/11/2002

Planning Guide: Safety-Manufacturing

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 08/20/2002

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	100969187

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	6			1		7
Current Violations	6			1		7
Initial Penalty	$10,300	$0	$0	$0	$0	$10,300
Current Penalty	$3,000	$0	$0	$0	$0	$3,000
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	Latest Event
1.	01001	Serious	50104 A	04/10/2002	04/15/2002	$1,000	$3,225	$0	I - Informal Settlement
2.	02001	Serious	19100023 C03	04/10/2002	04/15/2002	$500	$1,225	$0	I - Informal Settlement
3.	03001	Serious	19100147 C04 II	04/10/2002	05/13/2002	$167	$875	$0	I - Informal Settlement
4.	03002	Serious	19100147 C05 IID	04/10/2002	05/13/2002	$167	$875	$0	I - Informal Settlement
5.	03003	Serious	19100147 C06 I	04/10/2002	05/13/2002	$166	$875	$0	I - Informal Settlement
6.	04001	Serious	19100212 A01	04/10/2002	04/15/2002	$1,000	$3,225	$0	I - Informal Settlement
7.	05001	Other	19100147 C06 II	04/10/2002	05/13/2002	$0	$0	$0	-

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 202339362

Event: 12/14/2001

Employee killed in fall into hopper

On December 14, 2001, Employee #1, a plant foreman, and a coworker, a loader operator, were attempting to clear a blockage from the hopper of a screw conveyor. The conveyor moves dried ground bakery products to a bucket elevator for loading onto trucks. The employees accessed the 8-foot-high 11-foot-long 5-foot-wide hopper by standing on the top of a high loader bucket. The bucket did not have guardrails. The employees were exposed to a fall onto the powder covered floor of the dry material room and, due to the approximate 18-inch distance between the top of the slightly elevated loader bucket and the hopper, into the 8-foot-deep hopper, where a 15-inch-diameter screw conveyor was rotating. While the employees were attempting to clear the blockage with metal poles, the foreman put his legs over the edge of the hopper, sat on the edge, and slipped. The loader operator stated that he caught him and suggested that the foreman not do that. The foreman declined to heed the suggestion and slipped a second time, falling into the hopper. The loader operator tried unsuccessfully to pull Employee #1 from the hopper. He then ran approximately 100 feet to the scale room where the conveyor controls were located. The loader operator shut down the conveyor, however, Employee #1 had been pulled almost completely into the screw, sustaining fatal injuries.

Keywords: SCREW CONVEYOR, SLIP, FALL, STRUCK BY, HOPPER

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	304710171			Fatality	Other	Supervisors, production occupations

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