Inspection Detail

Inspection: 300032406 - Ward Decorating

Inspection Information - Office: Chicago South Area Office

Inspection Nr: 300032406

Report ID: 0521700

Date Opened: 12/20/1996

Site Address:
Ward Decorating
5356 South King Drive
Chicago, IL 60615

Mailing Address:
123 15th Street, Wilmette, IL 60091

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:1721

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Complete

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 01/22/1997

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 11/17/1997

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	360427090

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	3					3
Current Violations	2			1		3
Initial Penalty	$6,300	$0	$0	$0	$0	$6,300
Current Penalty	$4,200	$0	$0	$0	$0	$4,200
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	Latest Event
1.	01001	Serious	19260451 B01	01/21/1997	01/21/1997	$2,100	$2,100	$0	I - Informal Settlement
2.	01002	Serious	19260451 G01	01/21/1997	01/21/1997	$2,100	$2,100	$0	I - Informal Settlement
3.	01003	Other	19260454 A	01/21/1997	01/28/1997	$0	$2,100	$0	I - Informal Settlement

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 200030203

Event: 12/18/1996

Employee dies after fall from makeshift scaffold

At approximately 9:30 p.m. on December 18, 1996, Employee #1 was plastering and painting the third floor stairway in a school. The foreman had built a work platform by erecting a baker's scaffold on the third floor and a tubular welded-frame scaffold on the second floor. The foreman had then placed a 12 in. by 30 ft plank and a 14 in. by 16 ft plank between the two scaffolds to make a work platform. Employee #1 had gone to the baker's scaffold to get more mud from a coworker, and was turning around to walk east on the plank, when he apparently lost his balance and fell 22 ft to the second floor stairway landing. He died on December 19, 1996.

Keywords: WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, ELEVATED WORK PLAT, LOST BALANCE, WORK PLATFORM, WORK SURFACE, SCAFFOLD, TUBULAR SCAFFOLD

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	300032406			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported

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