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Inspection Information - Office: Bellevue | ||||
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| Nr: 303762264 | Report ID: 1032300 | Open Date: 09/29/2003 | ||
| Simpson Tacoma Kraft Company, Llc | ||||
| 801 Portland Ave Tacoma, WA 98421 | Union Status: Union | |||
| SIC: 2621/Paper Mills | ||||
| NAICS: 322122/Newsprint Mills | ||||
| Inspection Type: | Accident | |||
| Scope: | Partial | Advanced Notice: | N | |
| Ownership: | Private | |||
| Safety/Health: | Safety | Close Conference: | 10/23/2003 | |
| Close Case: | 12/29/2003 | |||
| Related Activity: | Type | ID | Safety | Health |
| Accident | 101580371 | |||
Violation Summary | ||||||
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| Serious | Willful | Repeat | Other | Unclass | Total | |
| Initial Violations | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Current Violations | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Initial Penalty | $12,600 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $12,600 |
| Current Penalty | $12,600 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $12,600 |
| 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. | 01001A | Serious | 19180025 A01 | 12/01/2003 | 12/04/2003 | $6,300 | $6,300 | $0 | I - Informal Settlement | ||
| 2. | 01001B | Serious | 19180065 H07 | 12/01/2003 | 12/04/2003 | $0 | $0 | $0 | I - Informal Settlement | ||
| 3. | 01002 | Serious | 19180026 D | 12/01/2003 | 12/04/2003 | $6,300 | $6,300 | $0 | I - Informal Settlement | ||
| 4. | 02001 | Other | 19180097 D01 | 12/01/2003 | 12/04/2003 | $0 | $0 | $0 | I - Informal Settlement | ||
Accident Investigation Summary | ||||||
| Summary Nr: 201580859 | Event: 09/29/2003 | Employee Unloading Barge Drowns | ||||
| Employee #1 was operating a front end loader, unloading a barge of woodchips. The woodchip barge was intended to be secured to a permanently moored barge. This would be done both by means of cables and by the weight of a ramp that allowed access from the permanently moored barge to the barge with the woodchips. The cables from the permanently moored barge to the barge with the woodchips were slack, though, and did not secure them together. After Employee #1 had replaced the door of the woodchip barge and with the front end loader still on the ramp, the woodchip barge moved forward. The ramp connecting them dropped into the water, causing the ramp lifting cable to fail and the front end loader to fall into the water too. The front end loader sank in approximately 25 feet of water, and Employee #1 drowned. | ||||||
| Keywords: barge, front end loader, ramp, unsecured, unstable surface, fall, mech mat handling, drown, falling object | ||||||
| Inspection | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |||
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| 1 | 303762264 | Fatality | Asphyxia | Excavating and loading machine operators | ||