Inspection Detail

Case Status: CLOSED

Inspection: 1415468.015 - Garling Construction Inc

Inspection Information - Office: Iowa 0751910

Inspection Nr: 1415468.015

Report ID: 0751910

Date Opened: 07/16/2019

Site Address:
Garling Construction Inc
2311 Ironwood Avenue Se
Altoona, IA 50009

Mailing Address:
1120 11th St, Belle Plaine, IA 52208

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:

NAICS: 236220/Commercial and Institutional Building Construction

Inspection Type: Referral

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 07/16/2019

Emphasis: N:Trench, S:Fall, S:Scaffold

Case Closed: 10/23/2019

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Referral	1474320	Yes

Case Status: CLOSED

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	1					1
Current Violations
Initial Penalty	$6,630	$0	$0	$0	$0	$6,630
Current Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
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	19261060 A	08/14/2019	10/01/2019	$0	$6,630	$0		I - Informal Settlement	Citation has been deleted.

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 117965.015

Event: 07/09/2019

Employee maneuvering drywall breaks feet in fall from ladder

At 11:15 on July 9, 2019, an employee working as a construction laborer for a building contractor was fireproofing an elevator shaft of a multi-family residential building. The employee was using a 24-foot extension ladder between the first and second stories to fireproof a void in between the second story wall and the elevator shaft. As the employee was helping maneuver a piece of drywall between the studs, he lost his footing. The employee fell feet first nearly 17 feet to the concrete floor below. The employee fractured the calcaneus bone in both feet and was hospitalized.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Broken Bone, Building, Concrete Floor, Construction, Extension Ladder, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Fall Protection, Foot, Fracture, Installing, Laborer, Lost Balance, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Reaching From Ladder, Residential Construction, Training, Work Surface

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1415468.015	55	M	Hospitalized injury		Construction laborers

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