Inspection Detail

Inspection: 18824748 - L R Willson & Sons, Inc

Inspection Information - Office: Department Of Labor, Licensing, And Regulation Division Of Labor And Industry Maryland Occupational Safety And Health

Inspection Nr: 18824748

Report ID: 0352420

Date Opened: 10/28/1987

Site Address:
L R Willson & Sons, Inc
8352 Honeygo Blvd
White Marsh, MD 21236

Mailing Address:
773 Annapolis Road, P O Box 227, Gambrills, MD 21054

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:1791

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 12/04/1987

Planning Guide: Safety-Construction

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 05/15/2003

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	360751572

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	1					1
Current Violations	1					1
Initial Penalty	$280	$0	$0	$0	$0	$280
Current Penalty	$280	$0	$0	$0	$0	$280
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	19100184 C06	12/23/1987	12/26/1987	$280	$280	$0	01/11/1988	2 - Appeals Court

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 825141

Event: 10/28/1987

2 EMPLOYEES STRUCK BY FALLING OUTRIGGER POD

AT APPROXIMATELY 9:35 AM ON OCTOBER 28, 1987, SEVERAL EMPLOYEES WERE EMPLACING OUTRIGGER PODS FOR A 90 TON TRUCK CRANE. A SMALLER TRUCK CRANE WAS BEING USED TO LIFT THE OUTRIGGER PODS INTO PLACE. EMPLOYEES #1, #2 AND A THIRD EMPLOYEE WERE CONNECTING THE PODS TO THE CRANE AS THEY WERE EMPLACED. THE PROCEDURE WAS TO LIFT TWO PODS SIMULTANEOUSLY, HOLDING THE SECOND ONE OVERHEAD WHILE THE FIRST ONE WAS CONNECTED. AS THEY WERE CONNECTING THE THIRD POD (THE FOURTH POD WAS SUSPENDED OVERHEAD) ONE OF THE HOOKS ON THE CHAIN SLING SLIPPED FROM THE CHAIN LINKS, ALLOWING THE POD TO FALL. THE POD STRUCK EMPLOYEE #2'S WRIST, CRUSHING IT. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS STRUCK BEHIND THE LEFT EAR BY THE FLYING CHAIN SLING. HE SUFFERED A LACERATION TO THE NECK AREA. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS FLOWN TO SHOCK TRAUMA, WHILE EMPLOYEE #2 WAS FLOWN TO UNION MEMORIAL HOSPITAL. EMPLOYEES #1 AND #2 WERE THE EMPLOYEES WHO NORMALLY RIGGED THE OUTRIGGER PODS TO THE CHAIN SLING. ACCORDING TO A WITNESS THE PODS HAD BEEN RIGGED TO THE SLING IN THE USUAL MANNER.

Keywords: OUTRIGGER, WORK RULES, SLIP, CONSTRUCTION, EAR, CRUSHED, LACERATION, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, CRANE

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	18824748			Hospitalized injury	Cut/Laceration	Supervisors; handlers,equip-cleaners,laborers nec
2	18824748			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Supervisors; handlers,equip-cleaners,laborers nec

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