Inspection Detail

Inspection: 300236999 - Winger Cheese, Inc.

Inspection Information - Office: Bismarck Area Office

Inspection Nr: 300236999

Report ID: 0830300

Date Opened: 06/24/1998

Site Address:
Winger Cheese, Inc.
102 First Street Se
Towner, ND 58788

Mailing Address:
, , 00000

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:2022

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Referral

Scope: Complete

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 06/24/1998

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 08/19/1998

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Referral	200330058	Yes

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	1					1
Current Violations	1					1
Initial Penalty	$875	$0	$0	$0	$0	$875
Current Penalty	$438	$0	$0	$0	$0	$438
FTA Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0

Violation Items
#	Citation ID	Citaton Type	Standard Cited	Issuance Date	Abatement Due Date	Current Penalty	Initial Penalty	FTA Penalty	Contest	Latest Event	Note
1.	01001A	Serious	19100147 C06 I	07/21/1998	08/07/1998	$438	$875	$0		I - Informal Settlement
2.	01001B	Serious	19100147 C07 I	07/21/1998	08/07/1998	$0	$0	$0		-

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 200330199

Event: 06/22/1998

Employee's arm crushed in horizontal auger

Employee #1, age 17, was in charge of the barrel-filling operation in which a horizontal auger transported soft cheese to the point where it fell into an open-top barrel. The day's production run had been completed and the auger system was put into automatic cleaning mode in which the auger would revolve to the right for a time, then pause before automatically reversing and rotating to the left. During a pause in rotation, Employee #1 placed his hand up into the auger housing to check for lodged particles of cheese. His hand was inside the housing when the auger automatically started rotating, pulling his hand and arm into the housing. Employee #1 sustained crushing injuries, for which he was hospitalized.

Keywords: ROTATING PARTS, WORK RULES, CLEANING, CAUGHT BY, LOCKOUT, AUGER, ARM, HAND, MACHINE--MISC

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	300236999			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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