Inspection Detail

Inspection: 120380308 - Minnesota Transportation District 6, State Of

Inspection Information - Office: Minnesota Department Of Labor And Industry

Inspection Nr: 120380308

Report ID: 0552700

Date Opened: 10/22/1994

Site Address:
Minnesota Transportation District 6, State Of
Bridge 9320, Interstate 90
Dresbach, MN 55930

Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 6177, 2900 48th St Nw, Rochester, MN 55903

Union Status: Union

SIC:9621

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Complete

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: StateGovt

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 10/24/1994

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 02/27/1996

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	360241806

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	2					2
Current Violations	1					1
Initial Penalty	$35,000	$0	$0	$0	$0	$35,000
Current Penalty	$12,500	$0	$0	$0	$0	$12,500
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	19260106 A	11/04/1994	11/08/1994	$12,500	$17,500	$0	11/17/1994	F - Formal Settlement
2.	01002	Serious	19260500 D01	11/04/1994	11/08/1994	$17,500	$17,500	$0	11/17/1994	F - Formal Settlement	Citation has been deleted.

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 14445522

Event: 10/22/1994

Employee drowns in river after fall from bridge scaffold

On October 21, 1994, Employee #1, a senior DOT highway technician, went under the I-90 bridge at Dresbach, MN, to inspect the mill thickness of recently applied paint. The bridge was being painted by a subcontractor for the state Department of Transportation as part of a lead abatement project that had been in progress for two years. That morning the painting crew had finished painting a section just west of the state line, and had shut down for lunch. A large underhung scaffold, which had a working platform that was 55 ft above the 28 ft deep river, had been used to gain access to the underside of the bridge. The scaffold was going to be moved, and some cable railings had been removed. Two employees of the subcontractor were operating a tug boat in the Mississippi River when they saw something fall into the river, and saw Employee #1 trying to swim toward the Wisconsin side. He went under the water and drowned. Employee #1 was not wearing a life vest nor did he have on a safety belt and lanyard. Life vests and safety belts were found in the tool box on his truck. Employee #1 was found the next morning at 9:05 a.m., several hundred feet down river.

Keywords: WORK RULES, SAFETY BELT, LANYARD, RIVER, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, BRIDGE, DROWN, LIFE JACKET, SCAFFOLD

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	120380308			Fatality	Asphyxia	Inspectors, testers and graders

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