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Inspection Information - Office: Wichita | ||||
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| Nr: 314025875 | Report ID: 0729700 | Open Date: 04/27/2010 | ||
| Sallee, Inc | ||||
| 1201 East Trail Dodge City, KS 67801 | Union Status: NonUnion | |||
| SIC: 4213/Trucking, Except Local | ||||
| NAICS: 484230/ Specialized Freight (except Used Goods) Trucking, Long-Distance | ||||
| Inspection Type: | Accident | |||
| Scope: | Partial | Advanced Notice: | N | |
| Ownership: | Private | |||
| Safety/Health: | Safety | Close Conference: | 04/28/2010 | |
| Emphasis: | S:Amputations | Close Case: | 06/30/2011 | |
| Related Activity: | Type | ID | Safety | Health |
| Accident | 101345650 | |||
Violation Summary | ||||||
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| Serious | Willful | Repeat | Other | Unclass | Total | |
| Initial Violations | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Current Violations | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Initial Penalty | $7,000 | $0 | $0 | $1,500 | $0 | $8,500 |
| Current Penalty | $5,250 | $0 | $0 | $750 | $0 | $6,000 |
| 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. | 01001 | Serious | 19100219 C02 I | 06/24/2010 | 07/06/2010 | $5,250 | $7,000 | $0 | I - Informal Settlement | ||
| 2. | 02001 | Other | 19040039 A | 06/24/2010 | 06/29/2010 | $750 | $1,500 | $0 | I - Informal Settlement | ||
Accident Investigation Summary | ||||||
| Summary Nr: 201345303 | Event: 03/10/2010 | Truck Driver Dies After Arm Is Caught In Power Take-Off | ||||
| At approximately 8:30 p.m. on March 10, 2010, Employee #1 was working for a trucking firm. He had been dispatched to a location ten miles north of Sublette, Kansas, to unload 40,000 lbs. of anhydrous ammonia from the tanker truck he was driving into a storage tank on the site. At the middle section of the tanker truck, Employee #1 bent over to close a 4-inch main valve lever. To do this, he had to extend his right hand above and past a power take-off (PTO) shaft, which was turning at approximately 700 to 750 rpm. A bolt protruding from a universal joint on the turning PTO shaft caught the right wrist of the jacket he was wearing. Employee #1's right forearm was pulled in and around the shaft three times. When Employee #1 reacted by reaching in with his left hand, his left wrist was shattered. A nearby resident approximately 100 yards away heard a scream, jumped in his truck, and drove to the site. The resident cut off Employee #1's jacket with a pocket knife and, following Employee #1's directive, shut the truck off. The resident removed Employee #1's right arm from the shaft, and his wife called for emergency medical services, which were dispatched from Sublette, KS. Employee #1 was transported to Saint Catherine Hospital in Garden City, Kansas, and from there to Via Christi in Wichita, Kansas. On March 12, 2010, Employee #1's right arm was surgically amputated. On March 28, 2010, he died, due to complications. | ||||||
| Keywords: tank truck, fracture, amputated, rotating shaft, caught by, driver, anhydrous ammonia, elderly, power take-off, unguarded | ||||||
| Inspection | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |||
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| 1 | 314025875 | Fatality | Amputation | Occupation not reported | ||