Inspection Detail

Inspection: 312383201 - Gem Dirt, Llc

Inspection Information - Office: Oklahoma City Area Office

Inspection Nr: 312383201

Report ID: 0627700

Date Opened: 04/07/2009

Site Address:
Gem Dirt, Llc
2526 West 101st Street South
Tulsa, OK 74132

Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 9751, Tulsa, OK 74157

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:1499

NAICS: 212399/All Other Nonmetallic Mineral Mining

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: Y

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 04/07/2009

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 08/24/2009

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	100646504

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	1					1
Current Violations	1					1
Initial Penalty	$1,500	$0	$0	$0	$0	$1,500
Current Penalty	$1,500	$0	$0	$0	$0	$1,500
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	19100147 C01	07/01/2009	08/05/2009	$1,500	$1,500	$0		-

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 200644441

Event: 04/06/2009

Employee Is Crushed and Killed While Operating Rotating Drum

The employer is involved in dirt excavation and sales, such as top soil and soil for concrete pads. A machine called a trommel screen is used to remove impurities such as rocks and limbs from the dirt. The machine has a rotating drum made out of screen. Moist dirt or dirt containing large amounts of clay can result in clogging or "blinding" of the drum screen. There are screen brushes on the machine to keep the screen clean. The dirt being screened at the time of the accident was clay and loam. The clay was causing clogging or blinding of the screen drum. Employee #1 climbed the ladder to access the top of the drum. While the drum was rotating, Employee #1 was using a tire iron hit the drum to dislodge the dirt from the screen. Employee #1 was found a few minutes later, on the opposite side from the ladder, lodged between the drum and the frame of the machine. Employee #1, or the tire iron, had apparently become caught by the rotating drum and pulled into the ingoing nip point between the drum and the frame of the machine. Employee #1 was killed.

Keywords: ROTATING PARTS, DRUM, CAUGHT BY, CRUSHED, NIP POINT

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	312383201			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported

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