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Inspection: 15283963 - Braswell Equipment Company

Inspection Information - Office: Nc Department Of Labor - Raleigh

 

Inspection Nr: 15283963
Report ID: 0453710
Date Opened: 07/17/1985

Site Address:
Braswell Equipment Company
2703 Hope Mills Road
Fayettesville, NC 28386

Mailing Address:
Post Office Box 1299, Wilson, NC 28301

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:1799

NAICS: 0 

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 07/18/1985

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 08/19/1985

Related Activity
Type Activity Nr Safety Health
Accident 360611933
Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties Serious Willful Repeat Other Unclass Total
Initial Violations 2 2
Current Violations 2 2
Initial Penalty $750 $0 $0 $0 $0 $750
Current Penalty $750 $0 $0 $0 $0 $750
FTA Penalty $0 $0 $0 $0 $0 $0

Violation Items
# Citation ID Citation Type Standard Cited Issuance Date Abatement Due Date Current Penalty Initial Penalty FTA Penalty Contest Latest Event Note
1. 01001 Serious 19260021 B02 08/14/1985 08/17/1985 $400 $400 $0 -  
2. 01002A Serious 19260651 C 08/14/1985 08/17/1985 $350 $350 $0 -  
3. 01002B Serious 19260652 H 08/14/1985 08/17/1985 $0 $0 $0 -  

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 14256259
Event: 07/15/1985
Employee dies of suffocation when excavation caves in

Employee #1 was helping to install a 6,000-gallon underground gasoline storage tank in a 12 ft deep excavation that was neither shored nor sloped. He entered the excavation to measure the distance between test wells and to level the bottom by spreading sand. The vertical wall of the excavation caved in, covering Employee #1. He was suffocated and died.

Keywords: EXCAVATION, INSTALLING, SUFFOCATED, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, SHORING, SLOPING, BURIED, CAVE-IN

Investigated Inspection
# Inspection Age Sex Degree of Injury Nature of Injury Occupation
1 15283963 Fatality Other Construction trades, n.e.c.
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