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Inspection: 2916062 - Blue Earth Rendering Co
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Inspection Information - Office: Minnesota | ||||
| Nr: 2916062 | Report ID: 0552700 | Open Date: 12/02/1985 | ||
| Blue Earth Rendering Co | ||||
| Co Rd 104 West Blue Earth, MN 56013 | Union Status: Union | |||
| SIC: 2048/Prepared Feed and Feed Ingredients for Animals and Fowls, Except Dogs and Cats | ||||
| Mailing: Route 3 Box 1, Blue Earth, MN 56013 | ||||
| Inspection Type: | Accident | |||
| Scope: | Partial | Advanced Notice: | N | |
| Ownership: | Private | |||
| Safety/Health: | Safety | Close Conference: | 12/02/1985 | |
| Close Case: | 02/07/1986 | |||
| Related Activity: | Type | ID | Safety | Health |
| Accident | 360760532 | |||
| Serious | Willful | Repeat | Other | Unclass | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Initial Violations | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Current Violations | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Initial Penalty | $500 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $500 |
| Current Penalty | $500 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $500 |
| FTA Amount | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| # | ID | Type | Standard | Issuance | Abate | Curr$ | Init$ | Fta$ | Contest | LastEvent | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 01001 | Serious | 182065302 | 12/19/1985 | 12/22/1985 | $325 | $325 | $0 | - | ||
| 2. | 01002 | Serious | 19100023 C01 | 12/19/1985 | 12/18/1985 | $175 | $175 | $0 | - |
Accident Investigation Summary | ||||||
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| Summary Nr: 689281 | Event: 11/27/1985 | Employee Killed In Fall Into Bin | ||||
| Employee #1 was using a push broom to push miscellaneous turkey parts that had spilled onto the floor and put them behind the open tailgate of a semi-trailer. A coworker on a skidloader was scooping up the sweepings and dumping them into the Equa cooker raw material bin, approximately 3 ft beyond the tailgate of the semi-trailer, which was raised. The bin was 7 ft 10 in. deep to the top of three 14 in. diameter augers. There was no guardrail for the 20 ft wide dump area, only a curb 13 1/2 in. high. The skidloader operator heard a noise that sounded like frozen chunks sliding out of the semi-trailer, hitting the tailgate, then landing on the floor. The operator went to check on Employee #1 and found him face down in the bin on top of the first auger with a large laceration to the face. He had been killed. Causal factors include unsafe work practices and lack of guardrails. | ||||||
| Keywords: guardrail, work rules, cleaning, laceration, auger, trailer, face, unguarded | ||||||
| Inspection | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |||
| 1 | 2916062 | Fatality | Fracture | Mixing and blending machine operators | ||