Inspection Detail

Inspection: 309693208 - Down River Llc

Inspection Information - Office: Medford

Inspection Nr: 309693208

Report ID: 1054116

Date Opened: 07/19/2006

Site Address:
Down River Llc
3033 Memorial Dr
Klamath Falls, OR 97601

Mailing Address:
3090 Memorial Dr, Klamath Falls, OR 97601

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:2436

NAICS: 321212/Softwood Veneer and Plywood Manufacturing

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 07/19/2006

Planning Guide: Safety-Manufacturing

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 12/06/2006

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	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 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	Latest Event
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	-

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 201622073

Event: 07/12/2006

Employee'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

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	309693208			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Miscellaneous woodworking machine operators

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