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Inspection Detail
Inspection: 310988670 - Enviro-Log, Inc.
Inspection Information - Office: Savannah Area Office
Site Address:
Enviro-Log, Inc.
200 Ocilla Highway
Fitzgerald, GA 31750
Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 190, 200 Ocilla Highway, Fitzgerald, GA 31750
Union Status: NonUnion
SIC:2679
NAICS: 322299/All Other Converted Paper Product Manufacturing
Inspection Type: Accident
Scope: Complete
Advanced Notice: N
Ownership: Private
Safety/Health: Safety
Close Conference: 02/01/2008
Emphasis: S:Amputations, S:Electrical, S:Powered Ind Vehicle
Case Closed: 12/02/2008
| Type | Activity Nr | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accident | 100903863 |
| Violations/Penalties | Serious | Willful | Repeat | Other | Unclass | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Initial Violations | 9 | 1 | 10 | |||
| Current Violations | 9 | 1 | 10 | |||
| Initial Penalty | $15,400 | $0 | $0 | $500 | $0 | $15,900 |
| Current Penalty | $8,745 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $8,745 |
| FTA Penalty | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| # | Citation ID | Citaton Type | Standard Cited | Issuance Date | Abatement Due Date | Current Penalty | Initial Penalty | FTA Penalty | Contest | Latest Event | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 01001 | Serious | 19100037 A03 | 07/28/2008 | 07/31/2008 | $0 | $750 | $0 | I - Informal Settlement | ||
| 2. | 01002 | Serious | 19100037 B02 | 07/28/2008 | 07/31/2008 | $345 | $750 | $0 | I - Informal Settlement | ||
| 3. | 01003A | Serious | 19100110 H12 | 07/28/2008 | 07/31/2008 | $500 | $1,000 | $0 | I - Informal Settlement | ||
| 4. | 01003B | Serious | 19100110 H06 IIB | 07/28/2008 | 08/19/2008 | $0 | $0 | $0 | - | ||
| 5. | 01004 | Serious | 19100147 C04 I | 07/28/2008 | 08/25/2008 | $2,000 | $2,500 | $0 | I - Informal Settlement | ||
| 6. | 01005 | Serious | 19100147 C07 I | 07/28/2008 | 08/25/2008 | $0 | $2,500 | $0 | I - Informal Settlement | ||
| 7. | 01006 | Serious | 19100178 L01 I | 07/28/2008 | 08/25/2008 | $500 | $1,000 | $0 | I - Informal Settlement | ||
| 8. | 01007 | Serious | 19100178 P01 | 07/28/2008 | 07/31/2008 | $500 | $1,000 | $0 | I - Informal Settlement | ||
| 9. | 01008 | Serious | 19100212 A01 | 07/28/2008 | 08/25/2008 | $4,900 | $4,900 | $0 | - | ||
| 10. | 01009 | Serious | 19100334 A02 I | 07/28/2008 | 07/31/2008 | $0 | $1,000 | $0 | I - Informal Settlement | ||
| 11. | 02001 | Other | 19040029 B01 | 07/28/2008 | 08/06/2008 | $0 | $500 | $0 | I - Informal Settlement |
Investigation Summary
On January 29, 2008, Employee #1, a 20 year-old male with Enviro-Log Inc., was working as a sorter on a multi-conveyor system. Duties included removing materials such as plastic, plain corrugated cardboard, paper, and wire, from an in-line two-conveyor system. The two conveyors total about a hundred feet long and both are about four feet wide. His duties included sorting/separating plain corrugated cardboard from wax corrugated cardboard. nonwaxed material were placed into containers and the waxed cardboard were to remain on the sorting conveyor belts where the material then travels to an extruder machine which molds waxed cardboard into one-hundred recycled wax cardboard fireplace logs. At the junction where the two in-line conveyors meet end-end, the first conveyor overlaps the second conveyor (which is lower) in the sorting line. The conveyors travel at approximately thirty three feet-per-minute. There is an electric disconnect and an emergency stop switch for the lower conveyor mounted on the lower conveyor at about ten feet from where the conveyors overlap. Employee #1 reached in between the sorting conveyors to un-jam an unknown material. Employee #1's right arm up to about the shoulder wrapped around the cone-shaped tail spool of one of the lower conveyor, causing the lower conveyor to stop rotating. An operator/supervisor, about one-hundred feet away, responded and hit an emergency stop button and disconnect for the lower conveyor. Employee #1 sustained massive mechanical asphyxia caused by compression of the torso via entrapment by the conveyor. Employee #1 died as result of the injuries.
Keywords: ASPHYXIATED, TORSO, ROLLER--MACH/PART, CRUSHED, ARM, NIP POINT
| # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree of Injury | Nature of Injury | Occupation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 310988670 | Fatality | Asphyxia | Graders and sorters, except agricultural |