Inspection Detail

Inspection: 302682844 - Wystan Brown Excavating Inc

Inspection Information - Office: Or-E-Salem 1054100

Inspection Nr: 302682844

Report ID: 1054118

Date Opened: 10/07/1999

Site Address:
Wystan Brown Excavating Inc
8514 N Syracuse
Portland, OR 97202

Mailing Address:
36780 Se Bluff Road, Boring, OR 97009

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:1623

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 11/22/1999

Planning Guide: Safety-Construction

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 04/05/2000

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	101612190

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	2					2
Current Violations	2					2
Initial Penalty	$2,500	$0	$0	$0	$0	$2,500
Current Penalty	$2,500	$0	$0	$0	$0	$2,500
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	Note
1.	01001	Serious	19260652 G01 II	12/01/1999	10/07/1999	$1,250	$1,250	$0		-
2.	01002	Serious	19260652 D01	12/01/1999	10/07/1999	$1,250	$1,250	$0		-

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 201611472

Event: 10/07/1999

Employee pinned by the ladder rung died from head injuries

At approximately 11:30 a.m. on October 7,1999, three Employees were in the process of excavating a trench from a developed site to hook up a lateral sewer line to the main line in the middle of the street. The excavator operator had already dug to an approximate depth of 11ft when he felt he contacted the main line with his shovel bucket. At this time, one side of the trench was caving in. He stopped excavating and dropped in a trench box so that an Employee could go down in the trench and hand dig the main line with a shovel. As the Employee got on the ladder that was positioned inside the trench box, the other side of the trench started to cave-in. When the dirt that caved-in contacted the trench box, it caused it to shift laterally towards the side that had initially caved-in. The Employee was pinned by the ladder rung against the exposed concrete road surface. He expired at the scene from traumatic head injuries.

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	302682844			Fatality	Other	Construction trades, n.e.c.

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