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Inspection Detail
Inspection: 106966716 - Graver Tank & Manufacturing Co., Inc.
Inspection Information - Office: Nashville Area Office
Site Address:
Graver Tank & Manufacturing Co., Inc.
Tva Steam Plant
Cumberland City, TN 37050
Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 1764, Houston, TX 77251
Union Status: Union
SIC:1629
NAICS: 0
Inspection Type: Accident
Scope: Partial
Advanced Notice: Y
Ownership: Private
Safety/Health: Safety
Close Conference: 01/27/1995
Planning Guide: Safety-Construction
Emphasis:
Case Closed: 08/23/1996
| Type | Activity Nr | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accident | 360712459 |
| Violations/Penalties | Serious | Willful | Repeat | Other | Unclass | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Initial Violations | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| Current Violations | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
| Initial Penalty | $10,000 | $70,000 | $10,000 | $0 | $0 | $90,000 |
| Current Penalty | $3,000 | $0 | $5,000 | $0 | $65,000 | $73,000 |
| FTA Penalty | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| # | Citation ID | Citaton Type | Standard Cited | Issuance Date | Abatement Due Date | Current Penalty | Initial Penalty | FTA Penalty | Contest | Latest Event | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 01001 | Other | 5A0001 | 02/09/1995 | 02/13/1995 | $0 | $5,000 | $0 | 03/02/1995 | F - Formal Settlement | |
| 2. | 01002 | Serious | 19260451 A02 | 02/09/1995 | 02/13/1995 | $3,000 | $5,000 | $0 | 03/02/1995 | F - Formal Settlement | |
| 3. | 02001A | Unclass | 5A0001 | 02/09/1995 | 02/13/1995 | $65,000 | $70,000 | $0 | 03/02/1995 | F - Formal Settlement | |
| 4. | 02001B | Unclass | 19260451 A19 | 02/09/1995 | 02/13/1995 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 03/02/1995 | F - Formal Settlement | |
| 5. | 03001 | Repeat | 19261053 A19 | 02/09/1995 | 02/13/1995 | $5,000 | $10,000 | $0 | 03/02/1995 | F - Formal Settlement |
Investigation Summary
At approximately 8:19 p.m. on August 14, 1994, Employee #1, a boilermaker foreman, was working from a specialty suspension scaffold in chimney #1 of the Tennessee Valley Authority's Cumberland City fossil plant. Six other boilermakers had just left the scaffold when it fell about 392 feet along with Employee #1, who was killed. The superintendent had ordered the scaffold's main support be disassembled before the scaffold was lowered to ground level. Rigging, welding machines, materials and supplies, etc., were placed on the scaffold, and two 1 in. wire rope hoist lines were cut free. This put the load on a 3/4 inch wire rope hoist line, which was overloaded by 255 percent, and on the diesel hoist located outside the chimney, which was overloaded by 167 percent. The superintendent was in a rush to get the system disassembled because a helicopter had been contracted to remove the structural members of the scaffold support system on Monday.
Keywords: DISMANTLING, WORK RULES, OVERLOADED, CONSTRUCTION, SCAFFOLD COLLAPSE, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, SCAFFOLD
| # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree of Injury | Nature of Injury | Occupation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 106966716 | Fatality | Other | Occupation not reported |