Inspection Detail

Inspection: 102098613 - Western Structures

Inspection Information - Office: Utah Division Of Occupational Safety And Health

Inspection Nr: 102098613

Report ID: 0854910

Date Opened: 08/14/1987

Site Address:
Western Structures
Vermillion Interchange
Sigurd, UT 84654

Mailing Address:
518 28 Rd, Grand Junction, CO 81501

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:1799

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 08/17/1987

Planning Guide: Safety-Construction

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 10/22/1987

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	360112072

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations				2		2
Current Violations				2		2
Initial Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Current Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
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.	01001	Other	GEN018008030000101	08/27/1987	08/27/1987	$0	$0	$0		-
2.	01002	Other	CON05500102	08/27/1987	10/02/1987	$0	$0	$0		-

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 709626

Event: 08/13/1987

Employee injured in jump from overturning equipment

Employee #1 was off-loading concrete barriers, using a system designed and assembled specifically for handling logs. A coworker, of J & R Concrete, had been employed to supervise the job. A flatbed trailer loaded with concrete barriers had been positioned partially off and parallel with US Highway 89. The hoisting system had been positioned 4 to 5 feet away from the flatbed at a 45 degree angle. Five barriers had been off-loaded. A larger terminal end barrier was being off-loaded and had swung about 27 degrees when the downhill outrigger slipped, causing the hoisting system to overturn. When Employee #1 realized that the equipment was going to overturn, he jumped, hoping to clear the area in which he thought the equipment would fall. He sustained multiple fractures when he struck the ground.

Keywords: FRACTURE, HOISTING MECHANISM, WORK RULES, EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, OVERLOADED, CONSTRUCTION, OFF LOADING, OVERTURN

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	102098613			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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