Inspection Detail

Inspection: 304076318 - Summit Drilling Co.,Inc.

Inspection Information - Office: Parsippany Area Office

Inspection Nr: 304076318

Report ID: 0214200

Date Opened: 01/03/2001

Site Address:
Summit Drilling Co.,Inc.
Linden Drive East (Tropicana)
Jersey City, NJ 07303

Mailing Address:
Central Jersey Industrial Park,Chimney Rock Rd., Boundbrook, NJ 08805

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:1799

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 04/12/2001

Planning Guide: Safety-Construction

Emphasis: S:Construction, S:Construction Fatalities

Case Closed: 10/23/2001

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	100021237

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	1	1				2
Current Violations	2					2
Initial Penalty	$2,500	$35,000	$0	$0	$0	$37,500
Current Penalty	$8,250	$0	$0	$0	$0	$8,250
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.	01001A	Serious	19260020 B01	06/25/2001	08/13/2001	$1,250	$2,500	$0	07/03/2001	F - Formal Settlement
2.	01001B	Serious	19260020 B02	06/25/2001	08/13/2001	$0	$0	$0	07/03/2001	F - Formal Settlement
3.	02001	Serious	19260416 A01	06/25/2001	07/06/2001	$7,000	$35,000	$0	07/03/2001	F - Formal Settlement

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 200022242

Event: 01/02/2001

Electric Shock - Contact with Overhead Line thru Boom

Employees were raising the 9.1-meter-tall boom of a drill rig to drill a test well. The boom contacted a 26-kilovolt overhead power line that was 8.7 meters above the ground. An employee who was removing an auger from a toolbox on the drill rig truck was electrocuted.

Keywords: OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, BOOM, ELECTROCUTED, E GI IA, DRILL RIG--NON-OIL

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	304076318			Fatality	Electric Shock	Drillers, earth

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