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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 Streetnull Cedar Falls, IA 50614 | Union Status: Union | |||
| SIC: | ||||
| NAICS: 611310/ Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools | ||||
| Mailing: 3219 Hudson Roadnull, 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 wate r from steam system while coworkers were traveling to the wellness/recreation ce nter to open the valve to energize the system. The coworkers opened the valve a nd 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 fie ld west of the towers dorm. The coworkers closed off the system and went to th e leak location. The employee stopped responding to radio calls and Emergency S ervices responded. They discovered the employee had been engulfed in steam and was unable to get out. The employee was killed. | ||||||
| Keywords: leak, steam, steam line | ||||||
| Inspection | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |||
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| 1 | 1345599.015 | Fatality | Machinery maintenance occupations | |||