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Inspection Detail

Inspection: 100436872 - Lopes Construction Company

Inspection Information - Office: Boston South Area Office

 

Inspection Nr: 100436872
Report ID: 0111400
Date Opened: 10/30/1986

Site Address:
Lopes Construction Company
20 Normandy Street
Roxbury, MA 02119

Mailing Address:
72 Fuller Street, Dorchester, MA 02124

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:1521

NAICS: 0 

Inspection Type: Referral

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 12/09/1986

Planning Guide: Safety-Construction

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 09/22/1987

Related Activity
Type Activity Nr Safety Health
Referral 900920885 Yes
Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties Serious Willful Repeat Other Unclass Total
Initial Violations 1 1
Current Violations 1 1
Initial Penalty $100 $0 $0 $0 $0 $100
Current Penalty $100 $0 $0 $0 $0 $100
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 Contest Latest Event Note
1. 01001A Serious 19260451 Y04 II 03/02/1987 03/05/1987 $100 $100 $0 -  
2. 01001B Serious 19260451 Y04 III 03/02/1987 03/05/1987 $0 $0 $0 -  
3. 01001C Serious 19260451 Y10 03/02/1987 03/05/1987 $0 $0 $0 -  
4. 01001D Serious 19260451 Y11 03/02/1987 03/05/1987 $0 $0 $0 -  

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 659797
Event: 10/30/1986
Employees injured in fall from scaffold

Employees #1, #2, #3, and #4 were installing vinyl siding on a three-story residential house from a wood pump jack scaffold, consisting of four doubled 40 ft long, 2 by 4 wood poles and three 20 ft aluminum platforms 33 ft 4 in. from the ground. One worker was on the ground. Each employee was assigned to work around each pole. When the four of them congregated around one pole, the pole broke and Employees #1, #2, #3, and #4 fell to the ground. Employee #1 suffered multiple arm fractures; Employee #2 suffered a fractured leg; Employee #3 suffered a cut/laceration on his leg; and Employee #4 sustained a cut/laceration on his foot/ankle. They were all hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, SUPPORT POSTS, WORK RULES, OVERLOADED, CONSTRUCTION, PUMP JACK SCAFFOLD, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, LACERATION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION

Investigated Inspection
# Inspection Age Sex Degree of Injury Nature of Injury Occupation
1 100436872 Hospitalized injury Fracture Occupation not reported
2 100436872 Hospitalized injury Fracture Occupation not reported
3 100436872 Hospitalized injury Cut/Laceration Occupation not reported
4 100436872 Hospitalized injury Cut/Laceration Occupation not reported
5 100436872 Non Hospitalized injury Bruise/Contus/Abras Occupation not reported
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