Inspection Detail

Case Status: CLOSED

Inspection: 1661925.015 - Dlc Equipment Company Inc

Inspection Information - Office: Columbus Area Office

Inspection Nr: 1661925.015

Report ID: 0522500

Date Opened: 04/07/2023

Site Address:
Dlc Equipment Company Inc
1039 Greenside Lane
Columbus, OH 43235

Mailing Address:
14747 Darby Creek Rd, Orient, OH 43146

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:

NAICS: 237110/Water and Sewer Line and Related Structures Construction

Inspection Type: Fat/Cat

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 04/07/2023

Emphasis: N:Trench, L:Fall

Case Closed: 09/08/2023

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Referral	2018179	Yes
Accident	2018484

Case Status: CLOSED

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	1					1
Current Violations	1					1
Initial Penalty	$6,250	$0	$0	$0	$0	$6,250
Current Penalty	$6,250	$0	$0	$0	$0	$6,250
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	5A0001	07/19/2023	07/31/2023	$6,250	$6,250	$0		I - Informal Settlement

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 155293.015

Event: 04/06/2023

Employee falls from bucket, later dies

At 9:00 a.m. on April 6, 2023, workers were installing a section of water line in the street of a residential neighborhood with the use of a Komatsu Excavator (Model # PC138USLC-11). At this location, tree limbs were obstructing the boom arm of the excavator to be able to pour spoils in a dump truck onsite. Employee # 1 was cutting a limb of a tree that was in the way of the excavator while standing in the excavator bucket, elevated. A limb swung back and knocked Employee # 1 out of the bucket, causing him to fall between four to eight feet and land on the ground on his head/back. Employee #1 sustained C-1, C-2 vertebrae breaks and was hospitalized. Employee # 1 died three days later, on April 9, 2023.

Keywords: Bucket , Excavator, Fall, Fall From Elevation, Installing, Tree Limb, Vertebra

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1661925.015	62	M	Fatality

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