Inspection Detail

Inspection: 17854563 - Diamond Sheet Metal Inc

Inspection Information - Office: Parsippany Area Office

Inspection Nr: 17854563

Report ID: 0214200

Date Opened: 05/17/1990

Site Address:
Diamond Sheet Metal Inc
3 Sylvan Way
Parsippany, NJ 07054

Mailing Address:
13 East Moonachie Road, Hackensack, NJ 07061

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:1761

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 05/17/1990

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 07/20/1990

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	360661656

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations				1		1
Current Violations				1		1
Initial Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$400	$0	$400
Current Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$400	$0	$400
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	Other	19040008	07/05/1990	07/08/1990	$400	$400	$0		-

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 14308183

Event: 03/05/1990

Employee injures head in backward fall off stepladder

During a renovation of the basement level of an office building, Employee #1 and a coworker were removing a 14 ft long section of air duct situated approximately 8 ft above a concrete floor. Employee #1 was standing on the third or fourth step of a mobile wooden 6 ft stepladder and was severing one of the two support straps of the duct when his end of the duct disengaged itself. To avoid the falling duct, Employee #1 fell backward off the ladder, striking his back and the back of his head on the concrete floor. The coworker contacted the local emergency squad, which transported Employee #1 to a local hospital where he was admitted with major head injuries. Had Employee #1 and the coworker used the 520 lift that was readily available at the work site, the lift would have prevented the duct from falling because it would have been propped under the duct and would have held it when the straps were cut.

Keywords: HEAD, DISMANTLING, STEPLADDER, WORK RULES, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, BACK, FALL, CONCRETE

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	17854563			Hospitalized injury	Concussion	Occupation not reported

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