Inspection Detail

Inspection: 18535401 - Southern Foundation, Inc.

Inspection Information - Office: Nc Department Of Labor - Raleigh

Inspection Nr: 18535401

Report ID: 0453710

Date Opened: 02/20/1992

Site Address:
Southern Foundation, Inc.
400 North Mcdowell Street
Raleigh, NC 27603

Mailing Address:
2275 Highway 20, Grayson, GA 30221

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:1629

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 02/21/1992

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 08/19/1992

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	360490197

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	1					1
Current Violations	1					1
Initial Penalty	$1,000	$0	$0	$0	$0	$1,000
Current Penalty	$1,000	$0	$0	$0	$0	$1,000
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	19260550 A15 I	05/07/1992	05/13/1992	$1,000	$1,000	$0		-

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 759993

Event: 02/20/1992

ELECTRIC SHOCK - CONTACT WITH OVERHEAD LINE THRU PILE LEAD

A FOREMAN, A CRANE OPERATOR, AND A CONSTRUCTION WORKER WERE DRIVING CONCRETE PILING. THE BATTER PILE DRIVEN PILING WAS BEING PLACED AT THE SOUTH END OF A JOBSITE NEAR AN OVERHEAD POWER LINE. THE PILING HAD BEEN LIFTED INTO THE LEADS OF THE PILE DRIVER BY A PILE LINE. THE TOP OF THE LEADS EXTENDED OVER THE POWER LINE. THE PILE LINE DRUM BRAKE HAD BEEN DISENGAGED, ALLOWING THE PILE LINE TO RUN OUT FREELY AS THE PILE WAS BEING DRIVEN. WHEN THE PILING WAS 85 PERCENT DRIVEN, THE CONSTRUCTION WORKER DISENGAGED THE PILE LINE FROM THE PILING AND ALLOWED IT TO SWING FREE. THE PILE LINE CONTACTED THE GROUND AND THEN THE POWER LINE. THE CONSTRUCTION WORKER, WHO WAS STANDING ABOUT 3 FEET FROM THE PILE LINE, RECEIVED AN ELECTRIC SHOCK FROM THE POTENTIAL GRADIENT IN THE EARTH.

Keywords: PILE LEADS, OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, PILE DRIVER, POTENTIAL GRADIENT, E C, ELECTRIC SHOCK

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	18535401			Non Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Construction trades, n.e.c.

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