Inspection Detail

Inspection: 123291932 - Infra-Metals Company

Inspection Information - Office: Bridgeport Area Office

Inspection Nr: 123291932

Report ID: 0111500

Date Opened: 11/05/2001

Site Address:
Infra-Metals Company
8 Pent Highway
Wallingford, CT 06492

Mailing Address:
, , 00000

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:5051

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Referral

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 02/01/2002

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 03/12/2002

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Referral	903124303	Yes

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	1					1
Current Violations				1		1
Initial Penalty	$4,500	$0	$0	$0	$0	$4,500
Current Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$3,000	$0	$3,000
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	Other	19100176 B	02/07/2002	03/07/2002	$3,000	$4,500	$0		I - Informal Settlement

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 170667406

Event: 11/05/2001

Supervisor injured in fall of 40 foot angle irons

Employee #1, a supervisor, was in Bay Number 613, Process Building when he was pinned beneath several tons of 40 foot long angle irons. When he cut the band holding a bundle of eight angle irons, the adjacent four bundles of angle iron topped over pinning his legs and lower left arm. Fellow employees summoned emergency medical services. Emergency personnel extricated him from the fallen angle irons. Employee #1 was flown via LifeStar to Yale - New Haven Hospital where it was found that his tibia and fibula of his left leg were factured and he had received soft tissue injury to his right leg and crushing injury to his left forearm.

Keywords: FRACTURE, STEEL, TIBIA, CRUSHED, IRON, ARM, FALLING OBJECT, LEG

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	123291932			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Supervisors, production occupations

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