TranslateInspection Detail
Inspection Information - Office: Austin | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nr: 102338621 | Report ID: 0625400 | Open Date: 11/05/1987 | ||
| Continental Tower Co. | ||||
| 1/2 Mile South Of 1604 & Adkins Elmendorf Elmendorf, TX 78112 | Union Status: NonUnion | |||
| SIC: 1623/Water, Sewer, Pipeline, and Communications and Power Line Construction | ||||
| Mailing: Box 475, Oxford, GA 30267 | ||||
| Inspection Type: | Accident | |||
| Scope: | Partial | Advanced Notice: | N | |
| Ownership: | Private | |||
| Safety/Health: | Safety | Close Conference: | 11/06/1987 | |
| Planning Guide: | Safety-Construction | Close Case: | 07/06/1988 | |
| Related Activity: | Type | ID | Safety | Health |
| Accident | 360168587 | |||
Violation Summary | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Serious | Willful | Repeat | Other | Unclass | Total | |
| Initial Violations | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Current Violations | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Initial Penalty | $210 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $210 |
| Current Penalty | $210 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $210 |
| FTA Amount | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Violation Items | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| # | ID | Type | Standard | Issuance | Abate | Curr$ | Init$ | Fta$ | Contest | LastEvent | |
| 1. | 01001A | Serious | 19260450 A01 | 01/08/1988 | 01/15/1988 | $210 | $210 | $0 | - | ||
| 2. | 01001B | Serious | 19260450 A05 | 01/08/1988 | 01/13/1988 | $0 | $0 | $0 | - | ||
| 3. | 02001 | Other | 19030002 A01 | 01/08/1988 | 01/13/1988 | $0 | $0 | $0 | - | ||
Accident Investigation Summary | ||||||
| Summary Nr: 14396998 | Event: 11/03/1987 | Construction Employee Killed In Fall From Transmission Tower | ||||
| AT APPROXIMATELY 5:30 PM ON NOVEMBER 3, 1987, EMPLOYEE #1 AND ANOTHER EMPLOYEE WERE WORKING ON LIGHTS INSTALLED AT THE 290 FOOT LEVEL OF A TELEVISION TRANSMITTER TOWER. BOTH EMPLOYEES WERE WEARING SAFETY BELTS. HOWEVER, WHEN EMPLOYEE #1 UNHOOKED HIS BELT TO MOVE TO ANOTHER AREA, HE FORGOT TO REHOOK IT BEFORE HE BEGAN WORKING. HE LEANED BACK AND FELL 290 FEET TO THE GROUND. HE DIED AT THE SCENE OF NUMEROUS INTERNAL INJURIES. | ||||||
| Keywords: communication tower, work rules, safety belt, construction, fall, tie-off, inattention | ||||||
| Inspection | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 102338621 | Fatality | Fracture | Occupation not reported | ||