Inspection Detail

Inspection: 104433628 - R E Willard Plumbing, Inc.

Inspection Information - Office: Department Of Labor, Licensing, And Regulation Division Of Labor And Industry Maryland Occupational Safety And Health

Inspection Nr: 104433628

Report ID: 0352420

Date Opened: 03/07/1990

Site Address:
R E Willard Plumbing, Inc.
363 Merganzer Ct
Frederick, MD 21701

Mailing Address:
3012 Thurston Rd, Frederick, MD 21701

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:1711

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 04/17/1990

Planning Guide: Safety-Construction

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 07/02/1990

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	360585574

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	2		2	2		6
Current Violations	2		2	2		6
Initial Penalty	$1,320	$0	$1,750	$0	$0	$3,070
Current Penalty	$710	$0	$1,165	$0	$0	$1,875
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	Latest Event
1.	01001	Repeat	19260650 E	05/10/1990	05/13/1990	$650	$1,070	$0	I - Informal Settlement
2.	02001	Repeat	19260028 A	05/10/1990	05/13/1990	$515	$680	$0	I - Informal Settlement
3.	03001	Serious	19260650 I	05/10/1990	05/13/1990	$355	$655	$0	I - Informal Settlement
4.	04001	Serious	19260651 C	05/10/1990	05/13/1990	$355	$665	$0	I - Informal Settlement
5.	05001	Other	19260021 B 2	05/10/1990	05/13/1990	$0	$0	$0	-
6.	05002	Other	19260651 I 1	05/10/1990	05/13/1990	$0	$0	$0	-

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 964585

Event: 03/05/1990

Employee sprains ankle in excavation collapse

Employee #1 and a coworker were laying a 6 in. lateral sewer line and setting the vent pipe in an excavation located at the east side of a townhouse foundation. Employee #1 was at the east end of the excavation facing the north wall and the coworker was next to the north wall near the west end of the excavation when a portion of the south and east walls collapsed. The coworker managed to get out of the excavation, but Employee #1 was buried to his waist. He was dug out by three coworkers. His only injury was a sprained ankle. The excavation was approximately 13 ft long; it was 10 ft 7 in. wide at the west end; 5 ft 8 in. wide at the east end; and 8 ft deep at the west end increasing to 10 ft deep at the east end. It had a 20 in. wide bench on the north side, 1 1/2 ft below the top, and a 24 ft wide bench that narrowed to 20 to 24 in. on the south side, 2 ft below the top. The employer had no specific safety rules for excavations or trenches, and none of the employees was familiar with the applicable safety standards.

Keywords: EXCAVATION, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, BURIED, CAVE-IN, UNTRAINED, SPRAIN, ANKLE

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	104433628			Non Hospitalized injury	Strain/Sprain	Supervisors; plumbers, pipefitters & steamfitters

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