Inspection Detail

Inspection: 124016080 - Solid Platforms Inc.

Inspection Information - Office: Indiana Department Of Labor

Inspection Nr: 124016080

Report ID: 0551800

Date Opened: 11/30/1994

Site Address:
Solid Platforms Inc.
(Employee Fall) Amoco Refinery
Whiting, IN 46394

Mailing Address:
Attn W. S. Winter P O Box 616, Portage, IN 46368

Union Status: Union

SIC:1751

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Unprog Rel

Scope: Complete

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 12/22/1994

Emphasis: L:Scaffold

Case Closed: 02/14/1995

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 902627

Event: 11/23/1994

Employee killed in fall from unsecured guardrail

Employee #1 was working with another insulator on opposite sides of a tank, installing metal straps to secure the metal sheets that covered the insulation around the tank. His work area consisted of a 51 in. wide metal deck that was stationed 13 ft 4 in. high and between the tank and the guardrails of a systems type scaffold. For reasons unknown, when the employee either fell or leaned against the scaffold's top guardrail, it disengaged, allowing one end of the top guardrail to move away from the platform and the employee to fall to the concrete surface. Employee #1 was hospitalized with head and neck injuries on November 23, 1994, and died on December 8, 1994.

Keywords: HEAD, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, ELEVATED WORK PLAT, GUARDRAIL, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, NECK

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	124016080					Occupation Not Listed

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