Inspection Detail

Inspection: 127381515 - Plum Contracting, Inc

Inspection Information - Office: Department Of Labor, Licensing, And Regulation Division Of Labor And Industry Maryland Occupational Safety And Health

Inspection Nr: 127381515

Report ID: 0352430

Date Opened: 01/03/1997

Site Address:
Plum Contracting, Inc
7102 Greenspring Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21209

Mailing Address:
457 Davidson Road, Pittsburgh, PA 15239

Union Status: Union

SIC:1611

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Complete

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 01/21/1997

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 04/29/1997

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	100961176

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	2			2		4
Current Violations	2			2		4
Initial Penalty	$2,125	$0	$0	$0	$0	$2,125
Current Penalty	$2,125	$0	$0	$0	$0	$2,125
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	Latest Event
1.	01001A	Serious	19260020 B01	03/10/1997	03/17/1997	$1,500	$1,500	$0	-
2.	01001B	Serious	19260020 B02	03/10/1997	03/12/1997	$0	$0	$0	-
3.	02001	Serious	19260102 A01	03/10/1997	03/13/1997	$625	$625	$0	-
4.	03001	Other	50405 B 1	03/10/1997	03/13/1997	$0	$0	$0	-
5.	03002	Other	50406 A 1	03/10/1997	03/28/1997	$0	$0	$0	-

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 200960680

Event: 10/03/1996

Employee injures back in same-level fall on steel plates

At approximately 10:30 a.m. on October 3, 1996, Employee #1, a laborer, was rigging materials to be hoisted using the boom of an excavator. He had attached a 48 in. diameter by 20 ft long pipe to the boom and was walking away from the excavator when he stepped on a stack of steel plates used to avoid stepping in mud. At the same time, the excavator operator, who was also the employer's superintendent, had raised the pipe approximately 1 ft off the ground. He swung the excavator boom around and struck the opposite end of the steel plates on which Employee #1 was standing, causing him to fall on his back. The superintendent continued to operate the excavator as though nothing had happened. Employee #1 hurt his back at the site of a previous injury and was taken to the University of Maryland Hospital, where he was treated and released. Subsequent investigation revealed that the employer did not implement or maintain a safety and health program at the job site that included inspections for compliance with the employer's work rules and with OSHA/MOSH standards and regulations.

Keywords: STEEL PLATE, WORK RULES, EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, BACK, EXCAVATOR, FALL, COMMUNICATION

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	127381515			Non Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Excavating and loading machine operators

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