Inspection Detail

Case Status: CLOSED

Inspection: 1355777.015 - W.S. Bunch Co.

Inspection Information - Office: Iowa 0751910

Inspection Nr: 1355777.015

Report ID: 0751910

Date Opened: 10/24/2018

Site Address:
W.S. Bunch Co.
1205 11th St
Charles City, IA 50616

Mailing Address:
1735 N. 42nd Street, Omaha, NE 68111

Union Status: Union

SIC:

NAICS: 238990/All Other Specialty Trade Contractors

Inspection Type: Referral

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 10/24/2018

Emphasis: S:Scaffold

Case Closed: 11/20/2018

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Referral	1391963	Yes
Inspection	1356052	Yes

Case Status: CLOSED

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 110398.015

Event: 10/14/2018

Employee falls down tank stairs, breaks back and other bones

At 8:45 a.m. on October 14, 2018, Employee #1 was cleaning and prepping the interior of a 500,000-gallon waste holding tank known as a Flow Equalization Basin (F.E.B.) as part of a multiemployer project. He was using trash bags and 5-gallon buckets to remove waste. Employee #1 began to descend a permanently-attached stair tower. As he reached the first of two landing platforms and stepped on the steel grating, the grating failed to support his weight. Employee #1 fell, a fall height of 15 feet. He was transported to the hospital, admitted and treated for multiple spinal vertebrae fractures, a fractured hip, and a fractured pelvis.

Keywords: Back, Cleaning, Construction, Descending, Fall, Fall Protection, Fracture, Hip, Pelvis, Platform, Stair, Structural Collapse, Tank, Unsecured, Vertebra

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1355777.015	58	M	Hospitalized injury		Painters, construction and maintenance

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