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Case Status: CLOSED |
Inspection Information - Office: Iowa | ||||
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| Nr: 1345599.015 | Report ID: 0751910 | Open Date: 09/11/2018 | ||
| University Of Northern Iowa (Uni) | ||||
| 2003 Campus Street Cedar Falls, IA 50614 | Union Status: Union | |||
| SIC: | ||||
| NAICS: 611310/ Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools | ||||
| Mailing: 3219 Hudson Road, Cedar Falls, IA 50614 | ||||
| Inspection Type: | Fat/Cat | |||
| Scope: | Partial | Advanced Notice: | N | |
| Ownership: | StateGovt | |||
| Safety/Health: | Health | Close Conference: | 09/11/2018 | |
| Close Case: | 12/19/2018 | |||
| Related Activity: | Type | ID | Safety | Health |
| Accident | 1380743 | |||
Case Status: CLOSED |
Violation Summary | ||||||
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| Serious | Willful | Repeat | Other | Unclass | Total | |
| Initial Violations | 4 | 4 | ||||
| Current Violations | 4 | 4 | ||||
| Initial Penalty | $22,726 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $22,726 |
| Current Penalty | $14,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $14,000 |
| FTA Amount | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Violation Items | |||||||||||
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| # | ID | Type | Standard | Issuance | Abate | Curr$ | Init$ | Fta$ | Contest | LastEvent | |
| 1. | 01001 | Serious | 88.4 - CODE OF IOWA (2017) | 11/01/2018 | 01/22/2019 | $4,000 | $6,929 | $0 | I - Informal Settlement | ||
| 2. | 01002A | Serious | 19100147 C04 II B | 11/01/2018 | 01/22/2019 | $4,000 | $6,929 | $0 | I - Informal Settlement | ||
| 3. | 01002B | Serious | 19100147 C04 II C | 11/01/2018 | 01/22/2019 | $0 | $0 | $0 | I - Informal Settlement | ||
| 4. | 01003 | Serious | 19100303 G02 I | 11/01/2018 | $3,000 | $4,434 | $0 | I - Informal Settlement | |||
| 5. | 01004 | Serious | 19100305 B02 I | 11/01/2018 | $3,000 | $4,434 | $0 | I - Informal Settlement | |||
Accident Investigation Summary | ||||||
| Summary Nr: 109079.015 | Event: 09/10/2018 | Employee Is Killed While Working In Steam Tunnel | ||||
| Employee #1 was working in steam tunnel T-7 and was opening valves to drain water from steam system while coworkers were traveling to the wellness/recreation center to open the valve to energize the system. The coworkers opened the valve and the system energized faster than normal. The employee reported that he could hear water hammering in the steam line and a steam leak was reported in the field west of the towers dorm. The coworkers closed off the system and went to the leak location. The employee stopped responding to radio calls and Emergency Services responded. They discovered the employee had been engulfed in steam and was unable to get out. The employee was killed. | ||||||
| Keywords: steam, leak, steam line | ||||||
| Inspection | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |||
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| 1 | 1345599.015 | Fatality | Burn/Scald(Heat) | Machinery maintenance occupations | ||