Inspection Detail

Inspection: 116567025 - Monfort, Inc.

Inspection Information - Office: Omaha Area Office

Inspection Nr: 116567025

Report ID: 0728900

Date Opened: 06/08/1999

Site Address:
Monfort, Inc.
555 S. Stuhr Road
Grand Island, NE 68801

Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 2137, Grand Island, NE 68802

Union Status: Union

SIC:2011

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 09/10/1999

Emphasis: S:Food Processing

Case Closed: 10/13/1999

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	361803471

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	1					1
Current Violations				1		1
Initial Penalty	$2,500	$0	$0	$0	$0	$2,500
Current Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$2,500	$0	$2,500
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	Other	19100147 C04 II	09/10/1999	10/13/1999	$2,500	$2,500	$0		I - Informal Settlement

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 200050730

Event: 06/08/1999

Employee killed when crushed by robot against conveyor

Employee #1, a default chaser at the boxed meat storage facility of a meatpacking plant, was observing a coworker do maintenance on the Lovejoy coupler of an outbound conveyor. This meat storage and distribution system was largely automated and computer controlled. A series of conveyors moved the boxed meat to carousels for storage. Robots picked the boxes off the inbound conveyors and placed them on carousels. They also took the boxes out of storage to be shipped as needed. As the coworker performed his duties, Employee #1 asked him what he was doing. The coworker looked up and then heard the robot activate as Employee #1 stepped up on the end of the inbound conveyor. The robot came down to the level of the inbound conveyor and caught Employee #1 against it. He was struck on the back of the head and became trapped with his body in a position folded forward. Coworkers tried unsuccessfully to manually remove the robot, and eventually were able to move it using the main controls. Once released, Employee #1 fell approximately 15 ft to the floor. He died of severe blunt force trauma to the back of his head, and was most likely dead before he fell.

Keywords: HEAD, ROBOT, WORK RULES, CAUGHT BY, LOCKOUT, CRUSHED, CONVEYOR, STRUCK BY, MACHINE--MISC

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	116567025			Fatality	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Occupation not reported

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