Inspection Detail

Inspection: 307040519 - D&D Mechanized Pulping

Inspection Information - Office: Eau Claire Area Office

Inspection Nr: 307040519

Report ID: 0523900

Date Opened: 02/28/2006

Site Address:
D&D Mechanized Pulping
W8896 Us Hwy 12
Black River Falls, WI 54615

Mailing Address:
, , 00000

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:2421

NAICS: 321113/Sawmills

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Complete

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 02/28/2006

Emphasis: N:Amputate, S:Amputations

Case Closed: 04/11/2012

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	100340462

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	17					17
Current Violations	17					17
Initial Penalty	$19,350	$0	$0	$0	$0	$19,350
Current Penalty	$19,350	$0	$0	$0	$0	$19,350
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	19100023 A08 II	03/17/2006	09/21/2006	$600	$600	$0	P - Petition to Mod Abatement
2.	01002	Serious	19100095 D01	03/17/2006	09/21/2006	$750	$750	$0	P - Petition to Mod Abatement
3.	01003A	Serious	19100147 C01	03/17/2006	09/21/2006	$2,100	$2,100	$0	P - Petition to Mod Abatement
4.	01003B	Serious	19100147 C05 I	03/17/2006	09/21/2006	$0	$0	$0	P - Petition to Mod Abatement
5.	01003C	Serious	19100147 C07 I	03/17/2006	09/21/2006	$0	$0	$0	P - Petition to Mod Abatement
6.	01003D	Serious	19100147 D	03/17/2006	09/21/2006	$0	$0	$0	P - Petition to Mod Abatement
7.	01004A	Serious	19100151 B	03/17/2006	09/21/2006	$1,500	$1,500	$0	P - Petition to Mod Abatement
8.	01004B	Serious	19101030 C01 I	03/17/2006	09/21/2006	$0	$0	$0	P - Petition to Mod Abatement
9.	01005	Serious	19100178 L01 I	03/17/2006	09/21/2006	$1,500	$1,500	$0	P - Petition to Mod Abatement
10.	01006	Serious	19100212 A01	03/17/2006	03/23/2006	$2,100	$2,100	$0	-
11.	01007A	Serious	19100215 A04	03/17/2006	04/05/2006	$600	$600	$0	-
12.	01007B	Serious	19100215 B09	03/17/2006	04/05/2006	$0	$0	$0	-
13.	01008	Serious	19100219 C04 II	03/17/2006	03/29/2006	$1,500	$1,500	$0	-
14.	01009A	Serious	19100219 D01	03/17/2006	04/05/2006	$1,500	$1,500	$0	-
15.	01009B	Serious	19100219 E01 I	03/17/2006	04/05/2006	$0	$0	$0	-
16.	01009C	Serious	19100219 E02 I	03/17/2006	04/05/2006	$0	$0	$0	-
17.	01009D	Serious	19100219 F03	03/17/2006	04/05/2006	$0	$0	$0	-
18.	01010	Serious	19100265 E01 V	03/17/2006	03/29/2006	$750	$750	$0	-
19.	01011A	Serious	19100265 E04 IIA	03/17/2006	04/05/2006	$750	$750	$0	-
20.	01011B	Serious	19100265 E04 IIB	03/17/2006	04/05/2006	$0	$0	$0	-
21.	01012	Serious	19100303 F	03/17/2006	09/21/2006	$750	$750	$0	P - Petition to Mod Abatement
22.	01013A	Serious	19100303 G02 I	03/17/2006	04/05/2006	$1,500	$1,500	$0	-
23.	01013B	Serious	19100305 A01 I	03/17/2006	04/05/2006	$0	$0	$0	-
24.	01013C	Serious	19100305 B01	03/17/2006	04/05/2006	$0	$0	$0	-
25.	01013D	Serious	19100305 B02	03/17/2006	04/05/2006	$0	$0	$0	-
26.	01014	Serious	19100305 G02 III	03/17/2006	04/05/2006	$1,500	$1,500	$0	-
27.	01015A	Serious	19100332 B01	03/17/2006	09/21/2006	$750	$750	$0	P - Petition to Mod Abatement
28.	01015B	Serious	19100335 A01 I	03/17/2006	09/21/2006	$0	$0	$0	P - Petition to Mod Abatement
29.	01016	Serious	19100334 A02 I	03/17/2006	03/23/2006	$750	$750	$0	-
30.	01017A	Serious	19101200 E01	03/17/2006	09/21/2006	$450	$450	$0	P - Petition to Mod Abatement
31.	01017B	Serious	19101200 F05 I	03/17/2006	09/21/2006	$0	$0	$0	P - Petition to Mod Abatement
32.	01017C	Serious	19101200 H01	03/17/2006	09/21/2006	$0	$0	$0	P - Petition to Mod Abatement

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 200340628

Event: 02/27/2006

Employee Sustains Head Injury, Later Dies

At approximately 3:15 p.m. on February 27, 2006, Employee #1, a sawmill employee, accessed the back side of the wood chipper (Morbark Model Number 480) in order to remove a wood jam in the chipper refeed chute with a wood board. One of the owners of the company saw Employee #1 behind the chipper and motioned for him to come out to talk to a customer about a returned product. The owner continued on, expecting Employee #1 to follow. At some point, Employee #1 elevated his head into the unguarded bottom portion of the shaker bin's counterbalance housing (approximately 5-ft 10.5-in. from the floor) and was struck by the rotating counterbalance. The outer portion of the counterbalance's swing radius was located approximately 7 in. away from the side guard of the housing. Another employee, working in an adjacent area with a visual line of sight to the chipper, only saw Employee #1 fall backwards from the chipper to the cement floor. The employer did not have a lockout and tag out program or procedures in place for locking and tagging out machines in the sawmill for service and maintenance activities, nor did the employer have specific written procedures for the proper method of clearing jams in the chipper machine. Employee #1 suffered a head fracture and later died.

Keywords: FRACTURE, HEAD, COUNTERBALANCE, JAMMED, LOCKOUT, CHIPPER, SAWMILL, STRUCK BY, UNGUARDED

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	307040519			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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