Inspection Detail

Inspection: 119603306 - Matson Homes, Inc.

Inspection Information - Office: Department Of Labor, Licensing, And Regulation Division Of Labor And Industry Maryland Occupational Safety And Health

Inspection Nr: 119603306

Report ID: 0352420

Date Opened: 05/06/1993

Site Address:
Matson Homes, Inc.
1417 E. Emily Court
Abingdon, MD 21009

Mailing Address:
4111 E. Joppa Road, Baltimore, MD 21236

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:1521

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Unprog Rel

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 05/20/1993

Planning Guide: Safety-Construction

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 09/21/1993

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Inspection	119586378

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	1					1
Current Violations	1					1
Initial Penalty	$2,050	$0	$0	$0	$0	$2,050
Current Penalty	$1,050	$0	$0	$0	$0	$1,050
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	19260020 B01	07/16/1993	07/21/1993	$1,050	$2,050	$0		I - Informal Settlement

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 170749311

Event: 05/05/1993

Employee injured in fall from a second floor landing

Employee #1 and a foreman were working on a second floor landing of a two-story single family home. They were installing Romex cable throughout the house. The second floor landing was 3 ft 11 in. wide by 7 ft 5 in. long and 9 ft from the first floor landing. A 7 ft 5 in. long open side of the landing was not provided with a guardrail. Employee #1 was pulling the Romex cable to light and fire detector junction boxes directly above the landing. His stepladder was positioned about 2 ft from the open side of the landing. While descending the stepladder, he stepped backward and fell from the open side of the landing, 9 ft to the first floor landing. Employee #1 sustained two broken vertebrae and internal injuries. The foreman was trained and aware of a company work rule not to work on landings without a guardrail. Employee #1 was never trained and, therefore, unaware of the work rule.

Keywords: STEPLADDER, WORK RULES, UNTRAINED, FRACTURE, GUARDRAIL, INSTALLING, CONSTRUCTION, DESCENDING, FALL, VERTEBRA

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	119603306					Occupation Not Listed

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