Inspection Detail

Inspection: 123685380 - The Lane Construction Corp.

Inspection Information - Office: Va-E-Manassas (Regional Office)- Safety 0355114

Inspection Nr: 123685380

Report ID: 0355114

Date Opened: 08/04/1994

Site Address:
The Lane Construction Corp.
Bridge 645 Pier #2-I-95
Woodbridge, VA 22194

Mailing Address:
P.O. Box T, Woodbridge, VA 22192

Union Status: Union

SIC:1622

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Complete

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 08/09/1994

Planning Guide: Safety-Construction

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 01/11/1995

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	362309999

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	2			2		4
Current Violations	1			2		3
Initial Penalty	$9,000	$0	$0	$650	$0	$9,650
Current Penalty	$4,500	$0	$0	$650	$0	$5,150
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	19260021 B02	08/30/1994	09/03/1994	$4,500	$4,500	$0	09/16/1994	Y - State Decision	Citation has been deleted.
2.	01002	Serious	19260300 B02	08/30/1994	09/04/1994	$4,500	$4,500	$0	09/16/1994	Y - State Decision
3.	02001	Other	ARM000203	08/30/1994	09/03/1994	$650	$650	$0	09/16/1994	Y - State Decision
4.	02002	Other	19260404 F06	08/30/1994	09/03/1994	$0	$0	$0	09/16/1994	Y - State Decision

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 899930

Event: 08/04/1994

Employee breaks hip in fall

At approximately 9:00 a.m. on August 4, 1994, Employee #1 was attempting to loosen the bolts on a steel form for a poured-in-place concrete pier. The pier, with a cap, is 32 ft high. Employee #1 was at the 27 ft elevation above the 15 by 15 ft concrete footing. He had climbed the steel form to reach his position. He did not use a ladder. Employee #1 hooked each end of his 32 in. long rope lanyard to D-rings on either side of his safety belt, stuck a steel spud wrench into a 3/4 in. diameter hole in a 2 in. wide flange (band) on the steel form, and hung the rope lanyard over the spud wrench. He placed his feet on another flange band at a lower position on the form and began to loosen the bolts, which fasten the two sides of the column/pier form together. He was to loosen and remove these bolts in vertical rows on either side of the form to remove the form in two sections from the pier. As Employee #1 applied pressure to loosen a bolt, the inertia carried his upper body past vertical, causing the lanyard to slip over the spud wrench or pull the spud wrench out of the hole. Employee #1 fell and landed partially on soft mud and partially on the concrete footing. He sustained a broken left hip.

Keywords: CONCRETE FORM WORK, FRACTURE, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, TIE-OFF, HIP

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	123685380			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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