Inspection Detail

Inspection: 106864473 - Whitesville Wood Products Co. Inc. Dba Corn Veneer

Inspection Information - Office: Buffalo Area Office

Inspection Nr: 106864473

Report ID: 0213600

Date Opened: 08/10/1998

Site Address:
Whitesville Wood Products Co. Inc. Dba Corn Veneer
100 Commercial Avenue
Whitesville, NY 14897

Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 248, Whitesville, NY 14897

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:1796

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Complaint

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 12/02/1998

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 01/15/1999

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Complaint	201323060	Yes

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	$750	$0	$0	$0	$0	$750
FTA Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0

Violation Items
#	Citation ID	Citation Type	Standard Cited	Issuance Date	Abatement Due Date	Current Penalty	Initial Penalty	FTA Penalty	Contest	Latest Event	Note
1.	01001	Serious	5A0001	12/03/1998	01/05/1999	$750	$1,500	$0		I - Informal Settlement

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 201330115

Event: 07/20/1998

TWO INJURED IN FALL OF UNSECURED WORK PLATFORM FROM FORKLIFT

Employee #1 and Employee #2 were in a "cage type" work platform supported by the forks of a powered industrial truck. Employees #1 and #2 had just installed an overhead steam line. As the cage was being lowered, a corner of the cage contacted the top of an open door of a nearby machine. The cage tilted and fell off the forks, and landed on top of Employee #1, seriously injuring him. Employee #2 suffered serious injuries in the fall of approximately 10 ft. to the concrete floor. The cage was designed to be used with trucks having 5-in.-wide forks that would be inserted into enclosed channels on the bottom of the cage. The cage was being used with a truck having 6-in.-wide forks that would not fit into the enclosed channels of the cage and was not secured to the truck in any other way.

Keywords: PLATFORM, FRACTURE, UNSECURED, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, FALL, STRUCK BY, WORK PLATFORM, INATTENTION

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	106864473			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported
2	106864473			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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