Inspection Detail

Inspection: 315569814 - United Fire Protection, Inc.

Inspection Information - Office: Tampa Area Office

Inspection Nr: 315569814

Report ID: 0420600

Date Opened: 04/07/2011

Site Address:
United Fire Protection, Inc.
400 Sr 70 W
Lake Placid, FL 33610

Mailing Address:
12001 31 Th Court N, St Petersburg, FL 33716

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:1542

NAICS: 236220/Commercial and Institutional Building Construction

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Complete

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 09/27/2011

Emphasis: S:Commercial Constr, S:Construction, S:Hispanic

Case Closed: 05/11/2012

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	102678612

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	1					1
Current Violations
Initial Penalty	$5,600	$0	$0	$0	$0	$5,600
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.	01001	Serious	19260021 B02	09/28/2011	10/31/2011	$0	$5,600	$0	10/17/2011	J - ALJ Decision	Citation has been deleted.

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 202567517

Event: 04/07/2011

Two Employees Are Killed in Building Collapse

At approximately 1:02 p.m. on April 7, 2011, Employee #1 and Employee #2 were filling the metal water storage tank while replacing a fire pump that supplied the fire hydrants and the fire sprinkler system to an unoccupied building. Employee #1 and Employee #2 were inside the pump house, a concrete block building, at the rear of the unoccupied building. The metal water storage tank was on the West side of the pump house. The metal water storage tank failed, splitting at the seam and struck the exterior wall of the pump house. The pump house collapsed inward on Employee#1 and Employee#2. Both employees were killed from the falling debris.

Keywords: BUILDING, COLLAPSE, CONSTRUCTION, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, WATER TANK

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	315569814			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported
2	315569814			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported

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