Inspection Detail

Inspection: 105178990 - Martin Construction Co Of Oregon Inc

Inspection Information - Office: Or-E-Portland - Safety 1 1054111

Inspection Nr: 105178990

Report ID: 1054112

Date Opened: 06/12/1989

Site Address:
Martin Construction Co Of Oregon Inc
Water Tank At Se 40th & Harvey St
Milwaukie, OR 97222

Mailing Address:
1404 Ne 111th, Portland, OR 97220

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:1721

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Complete

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 06/22/1989

Planning Guide: Safety-Construction

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 04/04/1991

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	1	2		1		4
Current Violations	1	2		1		4
Initial Penalty	$2,500	$20,000	$0	$0	$0	$22,500
Current Penalty	$2,500	$20,000	$0	$0	$0	$22,500
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
1.	01001	Serious	740003001	09/21/1989	09/25/1989	$2,500	$2,500	$0	10/16/1989	J - ALJ Decision
2.	02002A	Willful	19260451 I08	09/21/1989	09/25/1989	$10,000	$10,000	$0	10/16/1989	J - ALJ Decision
3.	02002B	Willful	19260451 I11	09/21/1989	06/22/1989	$0	$0	$0	10/16/1989	J - ALJ Decision
4.	02002C	Willful	19260451 I01	09/21/1989	06/22/1989	$0	$0	$0	10/16/1989	J - ALJ Decision
5.	02003A	Willful	741017503	09/21/1989	06/22/1989	$10,000	$10,000	$0	10/16/1989	J - ALJ Decision
6.	02003B	Willful	741017504	09/21/1989	06/22/1989	$0	$0	$0	10/16/1989	J - ALJ Decision
7.	02003C	Willful	741017505	09/21/1989	06/22/1989	$0	$0	$0	10/16/1989	J - ALJ Decision
8.	03004	Other	19260404 B01 III	09/21/1989	06/22/1989	$0	$0	$0	10/16/1989	J - ALJ Decision

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 785071

Event: 06/12/1989

Employee paralyzed in fall from scaffold

Employee #1 and a coworker were sandblasting the inside of a 1 1/2 million gallon capacity water tank from a two point suspended scaffold. It appears that the scaffold did not have adequate planking and guardrails, and most importantly, no independent safety lines were installed. While the employees secured the scaffold, one of the wooden 2 by 4 guardrails broke, causing the scaffold to move. Employee #1, who was not secured by the required independent safety line, fell approximately 30 ft from the scaffold to the tank floor. He suffered a fracture to his spinal cord and is currently in the hospital paralyzed from the chest down. The following factors contributed to the accident: inadequate scaffold; lack of an independent safety line, which could have prevented the fall; inadequate confined space entry procedures for a potentially toxic flammable combustible atmosphere; lack of adequate breathing air to sandblast hoods; and inadequate supervision of employees by management.

Keywords: PARALYSIS, GUARDRAIL, CONFINED SPACE, SPINE, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, TWO PT SUSP SCAFFOLD, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, SANDBLASTING

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	105178990			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Painters, construction and maintenance

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