Inspection Detail

Inspection: 109062778 - Ken Bean'S Dozer

Inspection Information - Office: Oklahoma City Area Office

Inspection Nr: 109062778

Report ID: 0627700

Date Opened: 05/25/1995

Site Address:
Ken Bean'S Dozer
Hwy 70 & 177, 7 Mi. E. Of Ardmore, Ok
Ardmore, OK 73401

Mailing Address:
R #4 Box 94 K, Ardmore, OK 73401

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:1629

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 05/30/1995

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 01/16/1996

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	361148331

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	1					1
Current Violations	1					1
Initial Penalty	$5,000	$0	$0	$0	$0	$5,000
Current Penalty	$2,500	$0	$0	$0	$0	$2,500
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	Note
1.	01001	Serious	19260251 C09	08/11/1995	08/16/1995	$2,500	$5,000	$0		I - Informal Settlement

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 772442

Event: 05/23/1995

Employee killed when struck by taut wire rope

Employee #1 and coworkers were raising a 25,000 lb culvert out of a creek bed using a 1 in. steel wire rope attached to a D-6 dozer. Having raised the culvert about 15 ft above the creek bed, they stopped to reposition the dozer. They had used a 9/16 in. wire rope sling wrapped four times through a hole in the culvert and around a large pecan tree near the creek banking in an attempt to hold the culvert in position. The sharp edges inside the culvert hole cut the cable wire sling, causing the culvert to fall back into the creek bed. Employee #1 was bending over the 1 in. wire rope to pick it up, when the culvert pulled the slack out of it. The wire rope struck Employee #1 in the head and killed him.

Keywords: HEAD, WIRE ROPE, WORK RULES, BROKEN CABLE, CONSTRUCTION, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, STRUCK BY, CONCUSSION, SLING

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	109062778			Fatality	Concussion	Occupation not reported

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