Inspection Detail

Case Status: CLOSED

Inspection: 899846.015 - Matchmakers Employment Service

Inspection Information - Office: Lubbock Area Office

Inspection Nr: 899846.015

Report ID: 0627510

Date Opened: 04/11/2013

Site Address:
Matchmakers Employment Service
1680 Us Hwy 60
Friona, TX 79035

Mailing Address:
309 N Main St. #5, Clovis, NM 88101

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:

NAICS: 561311

Inspection Type: Fat/Cat

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 04/12/2013

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 09/30/2013

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	812934
Inspection	900537	Yes

Case Status: CLOSED

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 43688.015

Event: 04/11/2013

Employee falls from elevated work platform and is killed

At 9:15 a.m. on April 11, 2013, Employee #1 was working on an elevated work platform with a caged ladder. The employee climbed outside of the caged ladder to the platform and was pulling a bucket of tools towards the platform to perform work activities. Employee #1 fell between the platform and the head pulley to the concrete floor on a lower level, sustaining blunt force trauma to his head, killing him.

Keywords: Concrete Slab, Elevated Work Platform, Fall, Fall Protection, Head, Ladder, Pulley, Struck Against

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	899846.015	37	M	Fatality		Miscellaneous plant and system operators

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