Pape Machinery: OSHA inspections and violations

Incident on May 17, 2013: Employee passes out while walking uphill

On May 17, 2013, Employee #1 was walking up a short hill to recover an earth-mov ing scraper in order to perform some mechanical repairs. As the employee ascende d the hill, he felt light-headed and then passed out. Employee #1 was driven to a local hospital's emergency room by his son, where he was admitted and underwen t surgery to repair an aortic heart valve. The employee remained hospitalized.

Incident on Apr 4, 2005: Employee struck by flying object

On April 4, 2005, Employee #1, a mechanic, was removing the main bearing from th e car body of an excavating machine, while using a five-ton capacity floor opera ted overhead traveling crane. A bridle, containing three lifting chains was atta ched to the main hook of the crane. There were one-inch open hooks attached to t he end of each chain. Two of the chains were hooked to lifting bolts that were a ttached to the bearing. The third, middle chain was hooked back onto the bridle. None of the hooks attached to the ends of the chains on the bridle contained sa fety clips. While attempting to lift the bearing, the mechanic failed to notice that the third hook had come off of the bridle and become lodged on the car body . With the tension on the middle chain, its hook dislodged and became airborne. The flying hook struck the worker in the face, causing injuries that required ho spitalization.