Inspection Detail

Inspection: 114120009 - Building Erection Specialists

Inspection Information - Office: Parsippany Area Office

Inspection Nr: 114120009

Report ID: 0214200

Date Opened: 02/12/1995

Site Address:
Building Erection Specialists
Bartleychester Road, P.O. Box 340
Flanders, NJ 07836

Mailing Address:
11656 Grand Terrace Court, Grand Terrace, CA 92313

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:1791

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 03/21/1995

Planning Guide: Safety-Construction

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 03/23/1995

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 170119093

Event: 02/12/1995

Employee dies after fall to floor from grated platform

At approximately 3:00 p.m. on February 11, 1995, Employee #1, age 57, an employee of Building Erection Specialists, Inc., was welding railing bases on the second floor of a warehouse. He climbed over a railing onto an unprotected grated platform to retrieve a saw from welders approximately 600 feet away. The saw was needed to cut railing bases and toeboards. As the employee continued to walk on the grating, he fell into a floor conveyor opening measuring 6 ft 3 in. by 5 ft and fell 16 ft 2 in. to the floor. Employee #1 suffered fractured ribs. He was treated and transported to Morristown Memorial Hospital, where he was operated on for internal injuries. Employee #1 died at 1:00 a.m. on February 12, 1995.

Keywords: FRACTURE, UNGUARDED FL OPENING, WORK RULES, WELDER, CONSTRUCTION, GRATING, RIB, FALL, FLOOR OPENING

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	114120009			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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