Inspection Detail

Inspection: 110352473 - Roy'S Welding Service

Inspection Information - Office: Little Rock Area Office

Inspection Nr: 110352473

Report ID: 0627100

Date Opened: 09/08/1993

Site Address:
Roy'S Welding Service
121 S. Kansas
Pine Bluff, AR 71601

Mailing Address:
Rt. 1, Box 140, De Witt, AR 72042

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:1799

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 09/08/1993

Planning Guide: Safety-Construction

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 10/13/1993

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	360935746

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 568667

Event: 09/04/1993

Employee injures hand, dies later of cardiac arrest

Employee #1, 27 years old, was removing his welding lead after finishing a welding job on the 85 ft level platform at Producer's Rice Mill. The employee, wearing gloves, was lowering the 150 ft welding lead to the main floor with a 5/16 in. cotton rope. The free end of the 100 ft rope was dangling at the first level next to a gas furnace blower motor. The end of the rope was sucked into the fan and wrapped around the fan shaft, rapidly taking up the slack in the rope. The rope pulled Employee #1's gloves off as well as three fingers on his right hand and two fingers on his left hand. Employee #1 was taken to the hospital, where he died of cardiac arrest while they were trying to reattach his fingers.

Keywords: FURNACE, FAN, ROPE, FINGER, GLOVE, CAUGHT BY, CONSTRUCTION, CARDIAC ARREST

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	110352473			Fatality	Amputation	Occupation not reported

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