Inspection Detail

Inspection: 300783388 - Reycon Construction Inc

Inspection Information - Office: Long Beach District Office

Inspection Nr: 300783388

Report ID: 0950642

Date Opened: 10/01/2003

Site Address:
Reycon Construction Inc
7th Street & Euclid Ave
Boyle Heights, CA 90023

Mailing Address:
1795 Lemonwood Dr, Santa Paula, CA 93061

Union Status: Union

SIC:1741

NAICS: 238140/Masonry Contractors

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 02/09/2004

Planning Guide: Safety-Construction

Emphasis: S:Construction (Cship)

Case Closed: 09/13/2010

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	362610321

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	1			4		5
Current Violations	1			4		5
Initial Penalty	$6,300	$0	$0	$1,130	$0	$7,430
Current Penalty	$2,750	$0	$0	$750	$0	$3,500
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
1.	01001	Other	1509 A	02/17/2004	03/21/2004	$125	$160	$0	02/19/2004	F - Formal Settlement
2.	01002	Other	1509 C	02/17/2004	03/21/2004	$125	$160	$0	02/19/2004	F - Formal Settlement
3.	01003	Other	1509 E	02/17/2004	03/21/2004	$0	$160	$0	02/19/2004	F - Formal Settlement
4.	01004	Other	1637 K01	02/17/2004	03/21/2004	$500	$650	$0	02/19/2004	F - Formal Settlement
5.	02001	Serious	1637 N	02/17/2004	02/27/2004	$2,750	$6,300	$0	02/19/2004	F - Formal Settlement

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 201057965

Event: 09/19/2003

Employee injured in fall from scaffold

At approximately 10:00 a.m. on September 19, 2003, Employee #1, a bricklayer with Reycon Construction, Inc., was standing on a scaffold next to an approximately 8 ft tall cinderblock wall under construction in Boyle Heights, CA. The masonry-type scaffold had lower planks from which employees would work and upper planks to hold cinderblocks. The wall was approximately the same height as the upper planks, so Employee #1 and a coworker decided to raise the lower planks to get better access to the wall. Employee #1 put his right foot on the wall and his left foot on the upper scaffold plank. He was reaching down with his right hand to raise one of the scaffold brackets about 1 ft when he fell approximately 8 ft to the pavement. He sustained injuries that required hospitalization. Employee #1 had no training relating to the safe erection or dismantling of scaffolds, and no prior experience with them. His foreman/direct supervisor was onsite but was not in the general vicinity when the accident occurred. Employee #1 thought that he might have slipped on gravel created by the cinderblocks, but an investigation showed that he raised the scaffold support bracket in an unsafe way. The employer was issued an accident-related citation, general, for not ensuring that the scaffold was erected under the supervision of a qualified person.

Keywords: ERECTION PROCESS, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, INEXPERIENCE, FALL, ELEVATED WORK PLAT, UNTRAINED, SCAFFOLD, UNSTABLE POSITION

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	300783388			Hospitalized injury	Dislocation	Brickmasons and stonemasons

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