Inspection Detail

Inspection: 107207573 - Cap-Con, Inc.

Inspection Information - Office: Avenel Area Office

Inspection Nr: 107207573

Report ID: 0213400

Date Opened: 09/28/1993

Site Address:
Cap-Con, Inc.
4th & Shasta Dr.
Bridgewater, NJ 08807

Mailing Address:
1314 Lawrence St., Rahway, NJ 07065

Union Status: Union

SIC:1542

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Complete

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 12/21/1993

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 02/21/1997

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	360945505

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	4					4
Current Violations	3			1		4
Initial Penalty	$19,600	$0	$0	$0	$0	$19,600
Current Penalty	$7,000	$0	$0	$0	$0	$7,000
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	19260250 B05	01/11/1994	01/14/1994	$7,000	$4,900	$0	01/13/1994	R - Review Commission
2.	01002	Serious	19260451 A08	01/11/1994	01/14/1994	$0	$4,900	$0	01/13/1994	R - Review Commission
3.	01003	Serious	19260451 D01	01/11/1994	01/14/1994	$0	$4,900	$0	01/13/1994	R - Review Commission
4.	01004	Other	19260451 D03	01/11/1994	01/14/1994	$0	$4,900	$0	01/13/1994	R - Review Commission

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 14309124

Event: 09/28/1993

Employee killed, four injured, in scaffold collapse

At approximately 10:35 a.m. on September 28, 1993, Employees #1, #2, #3, and #4 were on tiered tubular welded frame scaffolding that was erected on the east side of a seven story apartment building. The scaffold was three panels or 21 ft wide by 11 tiered panels or 71 ft 6 in. high (each panel was 8 ft long by 5 ft wide by 6 ft 6 in. high). The employees were setting up for the construction of brick and block exterior walls when the scaffold collapsed, causing the four employees to fall to the ground. Employee #1 was killed; Employees #2, #3, and #4 were hospitalized. Employee #5, who was at the material hoist operator station below the scaffold, was injured by falling objects.

Keywords: CONSTRUCTION, SCAFFOLD COLLAPSE, FALL, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, TUBULAR SCAFFOLD

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	107207573	Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported
2	107207573	Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported
3	107207573	Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported
4	107207573	Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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