Inspection Detail

Inspection: 2797355 - Rapid Industries Inc.

Inspection Information - Office: Ky Labor Cabinet Division Of Osh Compliance

Inspection Nr: 2797355

Report ID: 0452110

Date Opened: 12/02/1986

Site Address:
Rapid Industries Inc.
General Electric Building #4
Appliance Park, KY 40225

Mailing Address:
P. O. Box 19259, Louisville, KY 40219

Union Status: Union

SIC:1796

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 12/08/1986

Planning Guide: Safety-Construction

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 01/06/1987

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	360107254

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations				1		1
Current Violations				1		1
Initial Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$100	$0	$100
Current Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$100	$0	$100
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	2018007	12/19/1986	12/22/1986	$100	$100	$0		-

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 14262026

Event: 11/14/1986

Employee killed in fall from stepladder

At 1:30 p.m. on Friday, November 14, 1986, Employee #1 was on a 12 ft heavy-duty fiberglass stepladder (manufactured by the Louisville Ladder Company), clamping a 4-in. by 1-in. by 10-ft channel beam before welding it. The beam was 15.5 ft above the floor, and Employee #1 was 9.5 ft up the ladder, handling a clamp, a reinforcement clip, a level, and the end of the beam. The ladder was positioned under a fixed beam where a 90-degree joint was to be made; its steps were parallel to the beam. Employee #1 was handling the channel beam from the left side of the ladder, while its opposite end rested on fixed equipment. While positioning the beam, Employee #1 inadvertently pulled its resting end off the stationary surface, unbalancing the load above and to the side of the ladder. Gravity caused the ladder to tip to the right, away from the beam. Employee #1 fell to the left between the base of the ladder and the vertical plane beneath an overhead conveyor. He was injured and died the next day. The ladder had been borrowed on the job site; normally, 8-ft wooden ladders and other equipment, such as a forklift basket or scaffold, were used.

Keywords: STEPLADDER, WORK RULES, LADDER, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, LOST BALANCE

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	2797355			Fatality	Concussion	Millwrights

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