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Inspection Information - Office: Calumet City | ||||
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| Nr: 312593809 | Report ID: 0521700 | Open Date: 03/20/2009 | ||
| Recycling Services | ||||
| 3301 W. 48th Place Chicago, IL 60632 | Union Status: NonUnion | |||
| SIC: 5093/Scrap and Waste Materials | ||||
| NAICS: 423930/Recyclable Material Merchant Wholesalers | ||||
| Mailing: 3301 W. 47th Place, Chicago, IL 60632 | ||||
| Inspection Type: | Accident | |||
| Scope: | Partial | Advanced Notice: | N | |
| Ownership: | Private | |||
| Safety/Health: | Safety | Close Conference: | 06/29/2009 | |
| Emphasis: | N:Amputate, S:Hispanic | Close Case: | 09/14/2009 | |
| Related Activity: | Type | ID | Safety | Health |
| Accident | 100034388 | |||
Violation Summary | ||||||
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| Serious | Willful | Repeat | Other | Unclass | Total | |
| Initial Violations | 4 | 4 | ||||
| Current Violations | 4 | 4 | ||||
| Initial Penalty | $11,750 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $11,750 |
| Current Penalty | $10,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $10,000 |
| 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 | 19100147 C04 I | 08/11/2009 | 09/28/2009 | $3,500 | $3,500 | $0 | - | ||
| 2. | 01001B | Serious | 19100147 F03 I | 08/11/2009 | 09/28/2009 | $0 | $0 | $0 | - | ||
| 3. | 01002 | Serious | 19100147 C07 IA | 08/11/2009 | 09/28/2009 | $3,500 | $3,500 | $0 | - | ||
| 4. | 01003 | Serious | 19100147 F03 IID | 08/11/2009 | 08/14/2009 | $1,750 | $3,500 | $0 | I - Informal Settlement | ||
| 5. | 01004A | Serious | 19100332 B01 | 08/11/2009 | 09/28/2009 | $1,250 | $1,250 | $0 | - | ||
| 6. | 01004B | Serious | 19100333 B02 I | 08/11/2009 | 09/28/2009 | $0 | $0 | $0 | - | ||
Accident Investigation Summary | ||||||
| Summary Nr: 200033397 | Event: 03/20/2009 | Employee Is Killed When Crushed While Cleaning Paper Baler | ||||
| At 2:35 p.m. on March 20, 2009, Employee #1 was using an air hose to clean out debris from inside a Ballegraaf Recycling paper baler, Model Number 120S, while the machine was in manual mode. Employee #1 had worked all day as a sorter in another department. At the end of the shift, Employee #2 would randomly select employees to clean out the baler for paper and debris. This was a daily routine for the company. Employee #2 had received a phone call before the cleaning had begun. Employee #2 had pressed the red button (an emergency "shut off" switch) to shut the baler off and did not lockout the baler before leaving the area to go and answer the phone call. In the meantime, Employee #1 had placed himself in the baler and began cleaning it with the air hose. Employee #2 returned and activated the baler ram to the forward position for cleaning. He did not know that Employee #1 was in the baler. Employee #1 was crushed. Employee #3, who was in the area, noticed that the access door was open and that the body of Employee #1 was lying in the access door of the baler and on the floor. Emergency response was called, and Employee #1 was pronounced dead on the scene. | ||||||
| Keywords: fracture, cleaning, lockout, crushed, air hose, baler, contusion, ram | ||||||
| Inspection | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |||
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| 1 | 312593809 | Fatality | Other | Occupation not reported | ||