Inspection Detail

Inspection: 305155178 - Sjostrom & Sons Inc.

Inspection Information - Office: Naperville Area Office

Inspection Nr: 305155178

Report ID: 0521400

Date Opened: 08/02/2002

Site Address:
Sjostrom & Sons Inc.
Jefferson St.
Rockford, IL 61107

Mailing Address:
1129 Harrison Ave., Rockford, IL 61104

Union Status: Union

SIC:1542

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Planned

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 08/08/2002

Emphasis: L:Fall, S:Construction

Case Closed: 09/19/2002

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	1					1
Current Violations
Initial Penalty	$4,000	$0	$0	$0	$0	$4,000
Current Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
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.	01001A	Serious	19260451 F07	08/29/2002	09/16/2002	$0	$4,000	$0		I - Informal Settlement	Citation has been deleted.
2.	01001B	Serious	19260454 A	08/29/2002	09/04/2002	$0	$0	$0		I - Informal Settlement	Citation has been deleted.

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 200821684

Event: 07/26/2002

Employee's Arm Is Fractured in Scaffold Platform Collapse

At approximately 2:30 p.m. on July 26, 2002, Employee #1 and two coworkers were dismantling a Morgan scaffold at a job site in Rockford, IL. Initially, all three were working from a 7-ft-high platform, but then the two coworkers descended, leaving Employee #1. The first coworker, who was the competent person at the site, went to remove the ladder that was leaning against the platform and the second coworker began to remove the last set of cross-braces at grade level. When he removed one of the connection points for the cross-braces, the scaffold platform collapsed and Employee #1 fell to the ground. He was hospitalized for a compound fracture of his right forearm. The cross-braces that the coworker was dismantling were the last stabilizing elements of the scaffold system. They should not have been removed until Employee #1 had reconnected the cross-braces at the platform level.

Keywords: FRACTURE, COLLAPSE, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, ARM, BRACING, ELEVATED WORK PLAT, COMMUNICATION, SCAFFOLD

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	305155178			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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