Inspection Detail

Inspection: 101494144 - H.B. Zachry Company

Inspection Information - Office: Austin Area Office

Inspection Nr: 101494144

Report ID: 0625400

Date Opened: 07/21/1989

Site Address:
H.B. Zachry Company
8501 Knowlton Rd.
San Antonio, TX 78263

Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 21130, San Antonio, TX 78221

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:1629

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Complete

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 07/26/1989

Planning Guide: Safety-Construction

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 08/24/1989

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	360409510

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	1					1
Current Violations	1					1
Initial Penalty	$500	$0	$0	$0	$0	$500
Current Penalty	$350	$0	$0	$0	$0	$350
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	19260751 A	08/09/1989	08/14/1989	$350	$500	$0		I - Informal Settlement

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 14397723

Event: 07/20/1989

Employee dies in fall from skeletal steel structure

Employee #1 had been connecting a horizontal beam on the fifth level when the beam became wedged with misaligned holes. He climbed down a column to the fourth level and crossed the horizontal to the east, outside column, where a wedge was still in place from aligning the beam he was walking on. He started to step around the outside column to free the wedge, mis-stepped, and fell 50 ft to the concrete base. Employee #1 was killed. He had not hooked his lanyard. Engineers and a safety director that were present attested to the distance of the fall.

Keywords: BEAM, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, WALKING ON BEAM, TIE-OFF

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	101494144			Fatality	Concussion	Structural metal workers

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