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Case Status: CLOSED

Case Status: CLOSED

Violation Summary
Serious Willful Repeat Other Unclass Total
Initial Violations 2 1 3 6
Current Violations 2 1 3 6
Initial Penalty $33,750 $0 $10,000 $1,750 $0 $45,500
Current Penalty $33,750 $0 $10,000 $1,750 $0 $45,500
FTA Amount $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0

Violation Items
# ID Type Standard Issuance Abate Curr$ Init$ Fta$ Contest LastEvent
  1. 01001 Other 461(C) 03/13/2018 04/24/2018 $500 $500 $0 Z - Issued
  2. 01002 Other 43000029 B03 03/13/2018 03/30/2018 $500 $500 $0 05/23/2018 O - Administrative Law Judge Order
  3. 01003 Other 3203(A) 03/13/2018 03/30/2018 $750 $750 $0 05/23/2018 O - Administrative Law Judge Order
  4. 02001 Serious 4353(G) 03/13/2018 03/27/2018 $11,250 $11,250 $0 05/23/2018 O - Administrative Law Judge Order
  5. 03001 Repeat 342(A) 03/13/2018 03/27/2018 $10,000 $10,000 $0 05/23/2018 O - Administrative Law Judge Order
  6. 04001 Serious 3328(B) 03/13/2018 03/27/2018 $22,500 $22,500 $0 05/23/2018 O - Administrative Law Judge Order

Accident Investigation Summary
Summary Nr: 103053.015 Event: 09/07/2017Three Employees Exposed To And Treated For Legionnaires Dise
The employer is an amusement park/resort that operates multiple cooling towers o n its property. An existing cooling tower (CT2), and a newly constructed coolin g tower (CT4), were brought back online for intermittent operations and mixing o f waters, for adjusting. During this time, the employer was not effectively perf orming weekly bacteria inspections and had several days and weeks where the cool ing towers were taken off line for maintenance. At 3:30 p.m. on September 7, 20 17, Employee #1 was performing his duties as a cook, in his normal workplace, wi thin 200 feet of the cooling towers. His normal path of travel during his day t ook him near and around the cooling towers. Employee #2 was performing his dutie s as an operating engineer who operated a steam locomotive amusement ride, withi n 50 feet of the cooling towers, at an elevated location near the fan exhaust of the cooling towers. Employee #3 was performing his duties as a maintenance labo rer, within 200 feet, with travel back and forth next to the cooling towers. Al l three employees became ill and were diagnosed with Legionnaires Disease. Prio r to employee illnesses, the old cooling tower (CT2) had been drained, but not t he pipes underneath the tower, and the water became stagnant and infected with L egionella bacteria. All three employees were exposed to airborne Legionella on o r about the August/September 2017 timeframe. Employees #1 and #3 were admitted to the hospital for treatment for more than 24 hours and Employee #2 was treated in the emergency room and released.
Keywords: amusement park/carnival, cooling tower, infectious disease, legionnaire's disease, pipe, water, water tower
Inspection Degree Nature Occupation
1 1282514.015 Hospitalized injury Cooks, except short order
2 1282514.015 Non Hospitalized injury Machinery maintenance occupations
3 1282514.015 Hospitalized injury Operating engineers

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