Inspection Detail

Inspection: 302538681 - Laars

Inspection Information - Office: Concord Area Office

Inspection Nr: 302538681

Report ID: 0111700

Date Opened: 05/24/2000

Site Address:
Laars
20 Industrial Way
Rochester, NH 03867

Mailing Address:
, , 00000

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:3433

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Referral

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 06/21/2000

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 08/04/2000

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Referral	200614410	Yes

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	1			1		2
Current Violations	1			1		2
Initial Penalty	$4,500	$0	$0	$0	$0	$4,500
Current Penalty	$2,500	$0	$0	$0	$0	$2,500
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.	01001	Serious	19100212 A01	06/28/2000	08/02/2000	$2,500	$4,500	$0		I - Informal Settlement
2.	02001	Other	19100145 F03	06/28/2000	07/05/2000	$0	$0	$0		-

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 200610566

Event: 05/24/2000

Employee injured when rotating shaft entangles hair

Employee #1 was working with copper piping and a finning machine, which is a device that spins a length of pipe and applies pressure to the pipe with three heads. Due to the rotational speed and pressure, copper from the pipe walls extrudes outward, creating "fins" on the pipe similar to those found on baseboard (forced hot water) heat systems. Employee #1 had walked up to a pipe, pulled it forward about 3 ft, and then fed it into the hole in the side of the finning machine. The pipe quickly reached a rotational speed of 200 to 220 rpm and then started to self-feed through the unit. Employee #1 was either next to or had ducked under the rotating pipe when his ponytail of waist-length hair became entangled in the spinning shaft. (He had long hair--nearly waist length--but had tied it into a ponytail.) His scalp was torn off, along with his ear and a large amount of skin from the right side of his face. He also suffered fractures of several vertebrae in his neck, leading to spinal damage with paralysis. During nearly a month of hospitalization, he had also suffered from severe infections and from cardiac infarcts as a result of the infections.

Keywords: CLEARANCE, PARALYSIS, HAIR, ROTATING SHAFT, SCALP, WORK RULES, CAUGHT BY, ENTANGLED, VERTEBRA, UNGUARDED

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	302538681			Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported

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