Inspection Detail

Inspection: 17775248 - Ment Brothers Iron Work Co. Inc.

Inspection Information - Office: Manhattan Area Office

Inspection Nr: 17775248

Report ID: 0215000

Date Opened: 01/30/1991

Site Address:
Ment Brothers Iron Work Co. Inc.
429 West 59th Street
New York, NY 10023

Mailing Address:
144-162 Pilling Street, Brooklyn, NY 11207

Union Status: Union

SIC:1791

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Complete

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 02/26/1991

Planning Guide: Safety-Construction

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 04/24/1991

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	360380422

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	2					2
Current Violations	2					2
Initial Penalty	$2,000	$0	$0	$0	$0	$2,000
Current Penalty	$2,000	$0	$0	$0	$0	$2,000
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	19260021 B02	03/15/1991	03/28/1991	$1,000	$1,000	$0		-
2.	01002	Serious	19260105 A	03/15/1991	04/17/1991	$1,000	$1,000	$0		-

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 644674

Event: 01/30/1991

Employee killed in fall from the 11th level of building

Employee #1, an iron worker, was installing overhead protection in an elevator shaft at the eleventh floor of a building under construction in New York City. He was walking on a 9 in. by 2 in. by 13 ft plank in the center of the open span when the plank broke completely. He fell to the third floor of the building where he bounced from an installed protection platform into an adjacent mechanical shaft that was open to the ground floor, where he came to rest. Employee #1 died.

Keywords: INSTALLING, WALKING ON PLANK, CONSTRUCTION, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, UNGUARDED, ELEVATOR SHAFT

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	17775248			Fatality	Concussion	Structural metal workers

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