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Inspection Information - Office: Nc Raleigh | ||||
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| Nr: 14987994 | Report ID: 0453710 | Open Date: 11/08/1984 | ||
| Rexham Corporation Pineville Plant | ||||
| 1700 Industrial Drive Pine Ville, NC 28134 | Union Status: NonUnion | |||
| SIC: 2657/Folding Paperboard Boxes, Including Sanitary | ||||
| Mailing: Po Box 240007, Charlotte, NC 28224 | ||||
| Inspection Type: | Accident | |||
| Scope: | Partial | Advanced Notice: | N | |
| Ownership: | Private | |||
| Safety/Health: | Safety | Close Conference: | 11/27/1984 | |
| Close Case: | 11/17/1987 | |||
| Related Activity: | Type | ID | Safety | Health |
| Accident | 360610273 | |||
Violation Summary | ||||||
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| Serious | Willful | Repeat | Other | Unclass | Total | |
| Initial Violations | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Current Violations | ||||||
| Initial Penalty | $420 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $420 |
| Current Penalty | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| FTA Amount | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Violation Items | |||||||||||
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| # | ID | Type | Standard | Issuance | Abate | Curr$ | Init$ | Fta$ | Contest | LastEvent | |
| Deleted | 1. | 01001 | Serious | 19100106 E02 IVC | 12/19/1984 | 11/27/1984 | $420 | $420 | $0 | 01/09/1985 | R - Review Commission |
Accident Investigation Summary | ||||||
| Summary Nr: 14257562 | Event: 11/06/1984 | Employees Burned And Struck By Flying Parts After Explosion | ||||
| ON NOVEMBER 6, 1984, AT 4:20 PM, EMPLOYEES #1-6 WERE INVOLVED IN THE PROCESS OF APPLYING ISOPROPYL ALCOHOL TO THE CLUTCH OF A ROYAL ZENITH PLANETA SUPER VARIANT OFFSET PRESS. THEY WERE ATTEMPTING TO REMOVE GLAZE FROM THE CLUTCH TO PREVENT IT FROM SLIPPING. AS EMPLOYEE #1 PLACED THE COVER PLATE OVER THE CLUTCH, THERE WAS AN EXPLOSION AND FIRE AT UNIT ONE, OVER THE CLUTCH, AND UNIT SEVEN, AT THE OPPOSITE END OF THE MACHINE. EMPLOYEES #1-6 RECEIVED BURNS AND FRACTURES FROM THE FLYING DEBRIS. EMPLOYEES #7-9 WERE AT THE DISCHARGE END OF A MIEHLE 6 COLOR PRESS WHICH WAS APPROXIMATELY 80 FEET FROM UNIT 7 OF THE ZENITH PRESS. THESE THREE EMPLOYEES WERE STRUCK BY FLYING METAL FROM THE COVER OF THE EXPLODING GEAR BOX. EMPLOYEE #10 WAS AT THE OPPOSITE END OF THE MIEHLE 6 COLOR PRESS. HIS CHEST WAS STRAINED AS A RESULT OF THE BLAST IMPACT FROM UNIT ONE OF THE ROYAL ZENITH PRESS. | ||||||
| Keywords: burn, chest, fracture, printing press, isopropyl alcohol, clutch, fire, explosion, struck by, flying object | ||||||
| Inspection | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |||
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| 1 | 14987994 | Non Hospitalized injury | Burn/Scald(Heat) | Machinery maintenance occupations | ||
| 2 | 14987994 | Hospitalized injury | Fracture | Machinery maintenance occupations | ||
| 3 | 14987994 | Non Hospitalized injury | Strain/Sprain | Printing machine operators | ||
| 4 | 14987994 | Hospitalized injury | Concussion | Printing machine operators | ||
| 5 | 14987994 | Non Hospitalized injury | Bruise/Contus/Abras | Printing machine operators | ||
| 6 | 14987994 | Non Hospitalized injury | Bruise/Contus/Abras | Printing machine operators | ||
| 7 | 14987994 | Non Hospitalized injury | Burn/Scald(Heat) | Chief exec's & gen'l administrators, public admin. | ||
| 8 | 14987994 | Non Hospitalized injury | Fracture | Managers and administrators, n.e.c | ||
| 9 | 14987994 | Hospitalized injury | Fracture | Supervisors, production occupations | ||
| 10 | 14987994 | Non Hospitalized injury | Burn/Scald(Heat) | Supervisors, mechanics and repairers | ||