Inspection Detail

Case Status: CLOSED

Inspection: 281254.015 - Kelley Bean Company, Inc.

Inspection Information - Office: Denver Area Office

Inspection Nr: 281254.015

Report ID: 0830500

Date Opened: 03/15/2012

Site Address:
Kelley Bean Company, Inc.
28810 County Road S.
Brush, CO 80723

Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 97, Brush, CO 80723

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:

NAICS: 493130/Farm Product Warehousing and Storage

Inspection Type: Fat/Cat

Scope: Complete

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 09/11/2012

Emphasis: L:Grain

Case Closed: 01/25/2013

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	217832

Case Status: CLOSED

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	3					3
Current Violations	3					3
Initial Penalty	$16,200	$0	$0	$0	$0	$16,200
Current Penalty	$16,200	$0	$0	$0	$0	$16,200
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.	01001A	Serious	19100147 C04 II B	09/13/2012		$3,600	$3,600	$0	I - Informal Settlement
2.	01001B	Serious	19100147 C06 I	09/13/2012		$0	$0	$0	I - Informal Settlement
3.	01002	Serious	19100272 H01	09/13/2012	09/20/2012	$6,300	$6,300	$0	I - Informal Settlement
4.	01003	Serious	19100272 H02 I	09/13/2012	09/20/2012	$6,300	$6,300	$0	I - Informal Settlement

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 10452.015

Event: 03/15/2012

Employee is engulfed in bean collector and is killed

At 12:00 a.m. on March 15, 2012, an employee and a coworker were on a pile of pinto beans collecting/removing clumps while the conveyor was still running in the tunnel below. the employee was too close to the top and was caught in the funnel of beans feeding down into the tunnel. The employee became engulfed in the pinto beans and was killed by suffocation.

Keywords: Conveyor Belt, Entangled, Guard, Suffocated

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	281254.015	56	M	Fatality		Agricultural and food scientists

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