Inspection Detail
Inspection: 1219252 - Manning Electric & Repair Co Inc
Inspection Information - Office: Savannah
Site Address:
Manning Electric & Repair Co Inc
Locomotive Repair Facility Bldg Seaboard System
Waycross, GA 31501
Mailing Address:
2805 Dunn Ave, Jacksonville, FL 32218
Union Status: NonUnion
SIC:1731
NAICS: 0
Inspection Type: Accident
Scope: Partial
Advanced Notice: N
Ownership: Private
Safety/Health: Safety
Close Conference: 09/25/1984
Planning Guide: Safety-Construction
Emphasis:
Case Closed: 04/05/1985
Type | Activity Nr | Safety | Health |
---|---|---|---|
Accident | 360534622 |
Violations/Penalties | Serious | Willful | Repeat | Other | Unclass | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Initial Violations | 2 | 3 | 5 | |||
Current Violations | 2 | 3 | 5 | |||
Initial Penalty | $53 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $53 |
Current Penalty | $530 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $530 |
FTA Penalty | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
# | Citation ID | Citaton Type | Standard Cited | Issuance Date | Abatement Due Date | Current Penalty | Initial Penalty | FTA Penalty | Contest | Latest Event | Note |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | 01001A | Serious | 19260028 A | 10/18/1984 | 10/21/1984 | $320 | $32 | $0 | I - Informal Settlement | ||
2. | 01001B | Serious | 19260021 B02 | 10/18/1984 | 10/21/1984 | $0 | $0 | $0 | - | ||
3. | 01001C | Serious | 19260200 B01 | 10/18/1984 | 10/21/1984 | $0 | $0 | $0 | - | ||
4. | 01002 | Serious | 19260400 C02 | 10/18/1984 | 10/21/1984 | $210 | $21 | $0 | I - Informal Settlement | ||
5. | 02001 | Other | 19040008 | 10/18/1984 | 10/21/1984 | $0 | $0 | $0 | - | ||
6. | 02002 | Other | 19260151 D01 | 10/18/1984 | 10/21/1984 | $0 | $0 | $0 | - | ||
7. | 02003 | Other | 19260501 E | 10/18/1984 | 10/21/1984 | $0 | $0 | $0 | - |
Investigation Summary
At approximately 1:00 p.m. on August 23, 1984, Employee #1 and a coworker were told by the superintendent to get a 50 ft high, 5-ton capacity Orley Meyer overhead underslung crane from the northwest corner of the locomotive repair facility at the Seaboard System Railroad rice yard in Waycross, GA. The superintendent wanted them to make up some junction boxes for the ceiling lights over the crane. From the adjacent mezzanine, he observed them ascend to the crane without tagging and locking out the power for the lights. They moved the de-energized crane by pushing it with their feet and sliding along the rails on their posteriors without wearing safety belts and without tying off with a lanyard. As the superintendent continued to watch them he saw Employee #1 standing atop the crane without a scaffold and without a safety belt that had a lanyard tied off to a lifeline. Two employees heard him shout either "Wait a minute" or "Hang on a minute" to Employee #1. Employee #1 fell to the concrete floor and died instantly of a fractured skull. The facility had no lookout, no danger signs, and no barricaded floor area.
Keywords:fracture, work rules, safety belt, construction, skull, lanyard, overhead crane, fall, fall protection, warning sign
# | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree | Nature | Occupation |
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1 | 1219252 | Fatality | Fracture | Occupation not reported |