Inspection Detail

Inspection: 954750 - V Pelletier & Sons Inc

Inspection Information - Office: Boston South Area Office

Inspection Nr: 954750

Report ID: 0111400

Date Opened: 01/29/1985

Site Address:
V Pelletier & Sons Inc
1 Riverside Pl
Cambridge, MA 02141

Mailing Address:
133 Water St Po Box 2051, Fitchburg, MA 01420

Union Status: Union

SIC:1742

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 06/14/1985

Planning Guide: Safety-Construction

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 03/06/1987

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	360519870

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	1					1
Current Violations	1					1
Initial Penalty	$490	$0	$0	$0	$0	$490
Current Penalty	$490	$0	$0	$0	$0	$490
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	19260451 E08	07/03/1985	07/06/1985	$490	$490	$0	07/22/1985	W - Empr Withdrew
2.	01001B	Serious	19260451 E10	07/03/1985	07/06/1985	$0	$0	$0	07/22/1985	W - Empr Withdrew
3.	01001C	Serious	19260500 B02	07/03/1985	07/06/1985	$0	$0	$0	07/22/1985	W - Empr Withdrew

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 14265193

Event: 01/28/1985

Employee killed when scaffold tips over

At approximately 11:30 a.m. on January 28,1985, Employee #1 and a coworker were installing drywall from a manually propelled mobile scaffold that they had set up over an 8-ft by 18-ft by 6-in. floor opening. One end of the scaffold moved, causing one of its wheels to go into the opening and the scaffold to tip. Employee #1 fell 21 ft, 6 in. through the opening, striking his head on the concrete floor. He was hospitalized and died the same day. The coworker fell on a beam 3 ft below and managed to hold on; he was injured.

Keywords: HEAD, INSTALLING, MOBILE SCAFFOLD, UNEVEN GROUND, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, OVERTURN, SCAFFOLD

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	954750			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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