Inspection Detail

Inspection: 300273208 - Cape Romain Contractors, Inc.

Inspection Information - Office: Sc Department Of Labor, Licensing, And Regulation

Inspection Nr: 300273208

Report ID: 0454510

Date Opened: 10/04/2002

Site Address:
Cape Romain Contractors, Inc.
I-26 & Hwy 17-A
Summerville, SC 29483

Mailing Address:
660 Cape Romain Road, Wando, SC 29492

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:1622

NAICS: 237310/ Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 11/26/2002

Planning Guide: Safety-Construction

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 02/26/2003

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	100373604

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	3			2		5
Current Violations	1			2		3
Initial Penalty	$10,500	$0	$0	$0	$0	$10,500
Current Penalty	$1,400	$0	$0	$0	$0	$1,400
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	Latest Event	Note
1.	01001	Serious	19260550 A01	12/19/2002	12/27/2002	$3,500	$3,500	$0	I - Informal Settlement	Citation has been deleted.
2.	01002	Serious	19260550 A02	12/19/2002	12/27/2002	$3,500	$3,500	$0	I - Informal Settlement	Citation has been deleted.
3.	01003	Serious	19260550 A07 II	12/19/2002	12/27/2002	$3,500	$3,500	$0	I - Informal Settlement	Citation has been deleted.
4.	01004A	Serious	19260550 A01	12/19/2002	12/28/2002	$1,400	$0	$0	Q - National Office Adjustment
5.	01004B	Serious	19260550 A02	12/19/2002	12/28/2002	$0	$0	$0	I - Informal Settlement
6.	01004C	Serious	19260550 A07 II	12/19/2002	12/28/2002	$0	$0	$0	I - Informal Settlement
7.	02001	Other	19260550 A06	12/19/2002	01/21/2003	$0	$0	$0	I - Informal Settlement
8.	02002	Other	19260550 A01	12/19/2002	12/27/2002	$0	$0	$0	I - Informal Settlement

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 200372688

Event: 10/04/2002

Employee killed when crane boom falls

On October 4, 2002, an old bridge was being dismantled. A new overpass bridge for a highway had replaced it. The concrete beams were removed and placed on the ground. The beams were broken into three sections and the sections were placed onto two flatbed trailers for transport to a disposal site. Employees were loading sections of concrete beams onto the flatbeds using a Manitowoc 3900 crawler crane equipped with a Number 6 boom. One truck, which had been loaded with two beam sections, departed for the disposal site. Employee #1, the yard foreman, was operating the second truck. Employee #1 had repositioned his truck to a point where the crane could lift the concrete sections and swing the boom to the right, to load the concrete sections on the trailer, using only the hoist line and not needing to boom up or down. As the load was being lifted, the boom hoist cable broke, causing the boom to fall onto the truck cab where employee #1 was sitting. He was killed.

Keywords: LOADING, COLLAPSE, CRANE BOOM, CONSTRUCTION, TRUCK, STRUCK BY, CRANE

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	300273208			Fatality	Other	Supervisors, n.e.c.

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