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Inspection Detail
Inspection: 311817910 - Fairchild-Florida Construction Company
Inspection Information - Office: Jacksonville Area Office
Site Address:
Fairchild-Florida Construction Company
59 Fairchild
Monticello, FL 32344
Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 310, Monticello, FL 32344
Union Status: NonUnion
SIC:5093
NAICS: 423930/Recyclable Material Merchant Wholesalers
Inspection Type: Accident
Scope: Complete
Advanced Notice: Y
Ownership: Private
Safety/Health: Safety
Close Conference: 02/25/2009
Emphasis: S:Fall From Height, S:Powered Ind Vehicle, S:Struck-By, S:Electrical
Case Closed: 07/17/2009
| Type | Activity Nr | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accident | 101357127 |
| Violations/Penalties | Serious | Willful | Repeat | Other | Unclass | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Initial Violations | 5 | 1 | 6 | |||
| Current Violations | 5 | 1 | 6 | |||
| Initial Penalty | $14,800 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $14,800 |
| Current Penalty | $9,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $9,000 |
| FTA Penalty | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| # | Citation ID | Citaton Type | Standard Cited | Issuance Date | Abatement Due Date | Current Penalty | Initial Penalty | FTA Penalty | Contest | Latest Event | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 01001A | Serious | 19100023 C01 | 03/10/2009 | 04/03/2009 | $2,900 | $4,900 | $0 | I - Informal Settlement | ||
| 2. | 01001B | Serious | 19100023 E01 | 03/10/2009 | 04/03/2009 | $0 | $0 | $0 | I - Informal Settlement | ||
| 3. | 01002 | Serious | 19100067 C02 V | 03/10/2009 | 04/03/2009 | $2,900 | $4,900 | $0 | I - Informal Settlement | ||
| 4. | 01003A | Serious | 19100180 D04 | 03/10/2009 | 04/03/2009 | $1,200 | $2,500 | $0 | I - Informal Settlement | ||
| 5. | 01003B | Serious | 19100180 G01 | 03/10/2009 | 04/03/2009 | $0 | $0 | $0 | I - Informal Settlement | ||
| 6. | 01004 | Serious | 19100254 D09 III | 03/10/2009 | 04/03/2009 | $1,000 | $1,250 | $0 | I - Informal Settlement | ||
| 7. | 01005 | Serious | 19100305 G02 III | 03/10/2009 | 04/03/2009 | $1,000 | $1,250 | $0 | I - Informal Settlement | ||
| 8. | 02001 | Other | 19101200 F05 I | 03/10/2009 | 04/03/2009 | $0 | $0 | $0 | I - Informal Settlement |
Investigation Summary
Employee #1 stood on a platform that was elevated approximately 10.5-ft by a Caterpillar Model Number IT24F front end loader with fork tine attachments. There were slots under the platform into which the forks fitted. The guard rails of the platform were not on all four sides, the top rail was only 34.75-in. high, and there was no mid-rail. Employee #1 did not have on a body belt or harness with a lanyard attached to the platform or boom of the front end loader. Employee #1 was elevated so that he was able to observe scrap metal being dumped into a tractor trailer bed. Employee #1 was positioned in close proximity of the tractor trailer bed. The dumping process consisted of the scrap being placed in a number of dump truck beds that had been removed from the trucks. An American lattice boom crawler crane (Model Number 4250) would lift a dump truck bed, tilt it, and dump its contents into a skip pan which, in turn, would be lifted by the crane, tilted, and its contents dumped into the tractor trailer bed. The skip pan was used because the dump truck beds would not fit into the tractor trailer bed. At the time of the accident, the crane was tilting an elevated dump truck bed to dump its contents into the skip pan. Instead of the scrap sliding from the dump truck bed gradually, the entire load fell from the dump truck bed at once. The force of the material leaving the bed caused the dump truck bed to swing back and towards the front end loader. The dump truck bed struck the boom or arms of the front end loader. This caused Employee #1 to be thrown or catapulted from the elevated platform. Employee #1 struck the ground, and suffered head injuries. Employee #1 was killed.
Keywords: FRACTURE, HEAD, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, FALL, STRUCK BY, TRAILER, ELEVATED WORK PLAT, CRANE
| # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree of Injury | Nature of Injury | Occupation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 311817910 | Fatality | Fracture | Supervisors, material moving equipment operators |