TranslateInspection Detail
Case Status: CLOSED |
Inspection Information - Office: Birmingham | ||||
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| Nr: 1480956.015 | Report ID: 0418300 | Open Date: 06/26/2020 | ||
| Prairie Farms Dairy, Inc. | ||||
| 36 Barber Ctnull Birmingham, AL 35209 | Union Status: Union | |||
| SIC: | ||||
| NAICS: 311511/Fluid Milk Manufacturing | ||||
| Mailing: 36 Barber Courtnull, Birmingham, AL 35209 | ||||
| Inspection Type: | Fat/Cat | |||
| Scope: | Complete | Advanced Notice: | N | |
| Ownership: | Private | |||
| Safety/Health: | Safety | Close Conference: | 11/30/2020 | |
| Emphasis: | N:Amputate, N:Chemnep, L:Foodpro, L:Forklift | Close Case: | 03/11/2021 | |
| Related Activity: | Type | ID | Safety | Health |
| Inspection | 1483008 | Yes | ||
| Inspection | 1483031 | Yes | ||
| Accident | 1612285 | |||
Case Status: CLOSED |
Violation Summary | ||||||
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| Serious | Willful | Repeat | Other | Unclass | Total | |
| Initial Violations | 6 | 2 | 8 | |||
| Current Violations | 6 | 2 | 8 | |||
| Initial Penalty | $67,084 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $67,084 |
| Current Penalty | $67,084 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $67,084 |
| 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 | 19100022 A02 | 12/01/2020 | 12/28/2020 | $4,915 | $4,915 | $0 | Z - Issued | ||
| 2. | 01002 | Serious | 19100119 D03 II | 12/01/2020 | 12/28/2020 | $8,193 | $8,193 | $0 | Z - Issued | ||
| 3. | 01003 | Serious | 19100147 C04 II | 12/01/2020 | 12/11/2020 | $13,494 | $13,494 | $0 | Z - Issued | ||
| 4. | 01004 | Serious | 19100147 C05 I | 12/01/2020 | 12/11/2020 | $13,494 | $13,494 | $0 | Z - Issued | ||
| 5. | 01005A | Serious | 19100147 C06 I | 12/01/2020 | 12/28/2020 | $13,494 | $13,494 | $0 | Z - Issued | ||
| 6. | 01005B | Serious | 19100147 C06 II | 12/01/2020 | 12/28/2020 | $0 | $0 | $0 | Z - Issued | ||
| 7. | 01006A | Serious | 19100212 A01 | 12/01/2020 | 12/28/2020 | $13,494 | $13,494 | $0 | Z - Issued | ||
| 8. | 01006B | Serious | 19100219 F03 | 12/01/2020 | 12/28/2020 | $0 | $0 | $0 | Z - Issued | ||
| 9. | 02001 | Other | 19100037 A03 | 12/01/2020 | 01/20/2021 | $0 | $0 | $0 | Z - Issued | ||
| 10. | 02002 | Other | 19100144 A01 III | 12/01/2020 | 12/28/2020 | $0 | $0 | $0 | Z - Issued | ||
Accident Investigation Summary | ||||||
| Summary Nr: 127328.015 | Event: 06/25/2020 | Employee Is Caught And Killed In Dairy Palletizer Equipment | ||||
| At 5:15 p.m. on June 25, 2020, an employee was working for a dairy. In the dairy 's large cooler area was a mechanism known as the Axium Inc./Dairy Conveyor Corp oration (DCC) chain palletizer number 1. The chain palletizer consisted of four main parts: a pallet dispenser unit (PDU), a pallet pusher unit (PPU), a palleti zer unit (PU), and a conveyor unit (CU). The chain palletizer was also equipped with a Strapex Endra H2M WT strapping machine. It was located next to the pallet izing station (PPU) and straddled the conveyor (CU). This was a large combinatio n machine built specifically for this site. The safety inspector was not able to locate model and serial numbers without having to implement LOTO. The employee was trying to clear a jam or reposition a gate or sensor in the pusher area of t he chain palletizer. He went through a gap between the framing of the equipment and a safety gate door. He did not open the interlocked safety gate door to stop the equipment before entering the machine. When the case support panel moved ba ck to the start/home position, the employee was caught between the case support panel and the case pusher equipment frame. He sustained mechanical asphyxia. He was killed. A video of the incident showed that the employee was trying to make the equipment automatically cycle by either clearing a jam, repositioning the pr oduct, and/or activating an equipment sensor when he was caught-in between the f ixed PPU equipment frame and the moving stack stabilizer. This was a multi-emplo yer worksite. There were three inspections associated with this investigation. 1 483008 was for a compliance firm. 1483031 was for a refrigeration firm. 1480956 was for the dairy. | ||||||
| Keywords: asphyxiated, crushed, interlock, jammed, lockout, machine guarding, neck, palletized cargo, pinned, power trans appar, slippery surface, torso, training, walking surface | ||||||
| Inspection | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |||
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| 1 | 1480956.015 | Fatality | Order clerks | |||