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Inspection: 307040519 - D&D Mechanized Pulping

Inspection Information - Office: Eau Claire Area Office

 

Inspection Nr: 307040519
Report ID: 0523900
Date Opened: 02/28/2006

Site Address:
D&D Mechanized Pulping
W8896 Us Hwy 12
Black River Falls, WI 54615

Mailing Address:
, , 00000

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:2421

NAICS: 321113/Sawmills

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Complete

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 02/28/2006

Emphasis: N:Amputate, S:Amputations

Case Closed: 04/11/2012

Related Activity
Type Activity Nr Safety Health
Accident 100340462
Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties Serious Willful Repeat Other Unclass Total
Initial Violations 17 17
Current Violations 17 17
Initial Penalty $19,350 $0 $0 $0 $0 $19,350
Current Penalty $19,350 $0 $0 $0 $0 $19,350
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 19100023 A08 II 03/17/2006 09/21/2006 $600 $600 $0 P - Petition to Mod Abatement  
2. 01002 Serious 19100095 D01 03/17/2006 09/21/2006 $750 $750 $0 P - Petition to Mod Abatement  
3. 01003A Serious 19100147 C01 03/17/2006 09/21/2006 $2,100 $2,100 $0 P - Petition to Mod Abatement  
4. 01003B Serious 19100147 C05 I 03/17/2006 09/21/2006 $0 $0 $0 P - Petition to Mod Abatement  
5. 01003C Serious 19100147 C07 I 03/17/2006 09/21/2006 $0 $0 $0 P - Petition to Mod Abatement  
6. 01003D Serious 19100147 D 03/17/2006 09/21/2006 $0 $0 $0 P - Petition to Mod Abatement  
7. 01004A Serious 19100151 B 03/17/2006 09/21/2006 $1,500 $1,500 $0 P - Petition to Mod Abatement  
8. 01004B Serious 19101030 C01 I 03/17/2006 09/21/2006 $0 $0 $0 P - Petition to Mod Abatement  
9. 01005 Serious 19100178 L01 I 03/17/2006 09/21/2006 $1,500 $1,500 $0 P - Petition to Mod Abatement  
10. 01006 Serious 19100212 A01 03/17/2006 03/23/2006 $2,100 $2,100 $0 -  
11. 01007A Serious 19100215 A04 03/17/2006 04/05/2006 $600 $600 $0 -  
12. 01007B Serious 19100215 B09 03/17/2006 04/05/2006 $0 $0 $0 -  
13. 01008 Serious 19100219 C04 II 03/17/2006 03/29/2006 $1,500 $1,500 $0 -  
14. 01009A Serious 19100219 D01 03/17/2006 04/05/2006 $1,500 $1,500 $0 -  
15. 01009B Serious 19100219 E01 I 03/17/2006 04/05/2006 $0 $0 $0 -  
16. 01009C Serious 19100219 E02 I 03/17/2006 04/05/2006 $0 $0 $0 -  
17. 01009D Serious 19100219 F03 03/17/2006 04/05/2006 $0 $0 $0 -  
18. 01010 Serious 19100265 E01 V 03/17/2006 03/29/2006 $750 $750 $0 -  
19. 01011A Serious 19100265 E04 IIA 03/17/2006 04/05/2006 $750 $750 $0 -  
20. 01011B Serious 19100265 E04 IIB 03/17/2006 04/05/2006 $0 $0 $0 -  
21. 01012 Serious 19100303 F 03/17/2006 09/21/2006 $750 $750 $0 P - Petition to Mod Abatement  
22. 01013A Serious 19100303 G02 I 03/17/2006 04/05/2006 $1,500 $1,500 $0 -  
23. 01013B Serious 19100305 A01 I 03/17/2006 04/05/2006 $0 $0 $0 -  
24. 01013C Serious 19100305 B01 03/17/2006 04/05/2006 $0 $0 $0 -  
25. 01013D Serious 19100305 B02 03/17/2006 04/05/2006 $0 $0 $0 -  
26. 01014 Serious 19100305 G02 III 03/17/2006 04/05/2006 $1,500 $1,500 $0 -  
27. 01015A Serious 19100332 B01 03/17/2006 09/21/2006 $750 $750 $0 P - Petition to Mod Abatement  
28. 01015B Serious 19100335 A01 I 03/17/2006 09/21/2006 $0 $0 $0 P - Petition to Mod Abatement  
29. 01016 Serious 19100334 A02 I 03/17/2006 03/23/2006 $750 $750 $0 -  
30. 01017A Serious 19101200 E01 03/17/2006 09/21/2006 $450 $450 $0 P - Petition to Mod Abatement  
31. 01017B Serious 19101200 F05 I 03/17/2006 09/21/2006 $0 $0 $0 P - Petition to Mod Abatement  
32. 01017C Serious 19101200 H01 03/17/2006 09/21/2006 $0 $0 $0 P - Petition to Mod Abatement  

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 200340628
Event: 02/27/2006
Employee Sustains Head Injury, Later Dies

At approximately 3:15 p.m. on February 27, 2006, Employee #1, a sawmill employee, accessed the back side of the wood chipper (Morbark Model Number 480) in order to remove a wood jam in the chipper refeed chute with a wood board. One of the owners of the company saw Employee #1 behind the chipper and motioned for him to come out to talk to a customer about a returned product. The owner continued on, expecting Employee #1 to follow. At some point, Employee #1 elevated his head into the unguarded bottom portion of the shaker bin's counterbalance housing (approximately 5-ft 10.5-in. from the floor) and was struck by the rotating counterbalance. The outer portion of the counterbalance's swing radius was located approximately 7 in. away from the side guard of the housing. Another employee, working in an adjacent area with a visual line of sight to the chipper, only saw Employee #1 fall backwards from the chipper to the cement floor. The employer did not have a lockout and tag out program or procedures in place for locking and tagging out machines in the sawmill for service and maintenance activities, nor did the employer have specific written procedures for the proper method of clearing jams in the chipper machine. Employee #1 suffered a head fracture and later died.

Keywords: FRACTURE, HEAD, COUNTERBALANCE, JAMMED, LOCKOUT, CHIPPER, SAWMILL, STRUCK BY, UNGUARDED

Investigated Inspection
# Inspection Age Sex Degree of Injury Nature of Injury Occupation
1 307040519 Fatality Fracture Occupation not reported
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