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Violation Summary
Serious Willful Repeat Other Unclass Total
Initial Violations 5 2 1 8
Current Violations 5 1 1 7
Initial Penalty $35,000 $140,000 $0 $0 $0 $175,000
Current Penalty $35,000 $70,000 $0 $0 $0 $105,000
FTA Amount $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0

Violation Items
# ID Type Standard Issuance Abate Curr$ Init$ Fta$ Contest LastEvent
Deleted 1. 01001 Serious 5A0001 03/14/2011 04/07/2011 $7,000 $7,000 $0 04/11/2011 J - ALJ Decision
  2. 01002A Serious 19100272 E01 03/14/2011 04/07/2011 $7,000 $7,000 $0 04/11/2011 J - ALJ Decision
  3. 01002B Serious 19100272 E02 03/14/2011 04/07/2011 $0 $0 $0 04/11/2011 J - ALJ Decision
  4. 01003 Serious 19100272 G01 III 03/14/2011 04/07/2011 $7,000 $7,000 $0 04/11/2011 J - ALJ Decision
  5. 01004 Serious 19100272 G03 03/14/2011 04/07/2011 $7,000 $7,000 $0 04/11/2011 J - ALJ Decision
  6. 01005 Serious 19100272 G04 03/14/2011 04/07/2011 $7,000 $7,000 $0 04/11/2011 J - ALJ Decision
  7. 02001 Willful 19100272 G01 I 03/14/2011 04/07/2011 $70,000 $70,000 $0 04/11/2011 J - ALJ Decision
  8. 02002 Serious 19100272 G01 II 03/14/2011 04/07/2011 $7,000 $70,000 $0 04/11/2011 J - ALJ Decision
  9. 03001 Other 19100145 C02 I 03/14/2011 04/07/2011 $0 $0 $0 04/11/2011 J - ALJ Decision

Accident Investigation Summary
Summary Nr: 202089363 Event: 09/17/2010Employee Is Killed When Caught By Grain Auger
At approximately 11:30 a.m. on September 17, 2010, Employee #1, a 20-year-old male who was employed by a temporary staffing agency, was functioning as an employee of Gavilon Grain, LLC, which owned and operated a grain elevator. Employee #1 and a coworker were working inside a 100,000-bushel, approximately 40-foot diameter, concrete grain bin in Moral, Ohio. The bin contained an estimated 3,000 bushels of hard red wheat, and the employees were tasked with removal of the grain from the bin by manually uncovering the discharge auger. Uncovering the auger permitted the grain to flow through an expanded metal grating and into the auger. In order for all the grain to be removed, temperature sensor cables, which were suspended from the top of the bin and secured at the bottom to the expanded metal grating, had to be unhooked from the grating. Employee #1 was standing on or near the grating and was attempting to unhook a sensor cable from the grating, when the coworker also pulled on the cable in order to free it. The grating, which was not secured to prevent movement, came loose and Employee #1 fell. Employee #1 was pulled into the operating discharge auger and was killed when it caught and crushed him. Because the event occurred inside the grain bin, weather was not a factor.
Keywords: screw conveyor, unsecured, caught by, grating, crushed, unstable surface, auger, grain bin
Inspection Degree Nature Occupation
1 313784902 Fatality Other Laborers, except construction

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