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Violation Summary
Serious Willful Repeat Other Unclass Total
Initial Violations 5 5
Current Violations 5 5
Initial Penalty $1,900 $0 $0 $0 $0 $1,900
Current Penalty $1,900 $0 $0 $0 $0 $1,900
FTA Amount $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0

Violation Items
# ID Type Standard Issuance Abate Curr$ Init$ Fta$ Contest LastEvent
  1. 01001 Serious 702025602 I B 08/09/2006 08/14/2006 $500 $500 $0 -
  2. 01002 Serious 702025602 I E 08/09/2006 08/14/2006 $300 $300 $0 -
  3. 01003 Serious 19100219 I02 08/09/2006 08/14/2006 $500 $500 $0 -
  4. 01004 Serious 702025602 F A 08/09/2006 08/14/2006 $300 $300 $0 -
  5. 01005 Serious 702025602 G B 08/09/2006 08/26/2006 $300 $300 $0 -

Accident Investigation Summary
Summary Nr: 201622073 Event: 07/12/2006Employee'S Arm Is Crushed In Baler
At approximately 2:45 p.m. on July 12, 2006, Employee #1, a lamination department employee, was cleaning up around the "Big Line" machinery and had picked up excess lamination skin trimmings. Employee #1 took the trimmings to the Freeman baler and placed them inside the compaction chamber. Employee #1 started the baler with the ram door open. As it was slowly going down, he reach into the chamber to push the skin trimmings back down. The ram caught Employee #1's right hand and arm and slowly pulled his appendage in, crushing and fracturing the arm and hand bones. Employee #1 was removed from the baler and transported to the local emergency room. Employee #1 suffered fractures and was hospitalized.
Keywords: fracture, cleaning, baler, arm, hand
Inspection Degree Nature Occupation
1 309693208 Hospitalized injury Fracture Miscellaneous woodworking machine operators

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