Inspection Detail

Inspection: 105432280 - General Piping, Inc.

Inspection Information - Office: Sc Department Of Labor, Licensing, And Regulation

Inspection Nr: 105432280

Report ID: 0454510

Date Opened: 12/30/1986

Site Address:
General Piping, Inc.
Frasier Street
Georgetown, SC 29440

Mailing Address:
P. O. Box 241145, Charlotte, NC 28224

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:1711

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 01/15/1987

Planning Guide: Safety-Construction

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 02/09/1987

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	360111009

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations				1		1
Current Violations				1		1
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	19260028 A	02/03/1987	02/06/1987	$0	$0	$0		-

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 734293

Event: 12/29/1986

EMPLOYEE FELL FROM LADDER, SUFFERED CARDIOGENIC SHOCK

EMPLOYEE #1, A PIPEFITTER, CLIMBED A LADDER TO HANG A WATER PIPE. WHEN HE REACHED THE WORK AREA HE COMPLAINED OF SHORTNESS OF BREATH TO HIS CO-WORKERS. THE WORK AREA WAS 11 FEET, 6 INCHES ABOVE THE GROUND. THE WORKERS WERE ON THE PIPE BAY, NEAR THE OFFICE TRAILER, INSTALLING WATER PIPE. NO EQUIPMENT WAS INVOLVED. CO-WORKERS TOLD EMPLOYEE #1 TO SIT DOWN AND REST WHILE THEY MADE A WELD. WHEN THEY LOOKED BACK AT EMPLOYEE #1, HE HAD FALLEN, STRIKING THE SCAFFOLD UNDER THE WORKERS, THEN LANDING HEAD FIRST ON THE GROUND. HE DIED FROM A CARDIOGENIC SHOCK. EMPLOYEE #1 AND HIS CO-WORKERS WERE NOT TIED OFF OR OTHERWISE PROTECTED FROM FALLING.

Keywords: HEAD, UNCONSCIOUSNESS, LADDER, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, TIE-OFF

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	105432280			Fatality	Other	Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters

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