Inspection Detail

Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA

Inspection: 106316128 - Met-Con, Inc.

Inspection Information - Office: Tampa

Nr: 106316128	Report ID: 0420600	Open Date: 05/04/1988

Met-Con, Inc.
8101 World Center Drivee Orlando, FL 32821		Union Status: Union
SIC: 1791/Structural Steel Erection
Mailing: 465 Canaveral Groves Blvd., Cocoa, FL 32926

Inspection Type:	Accident
Scope:	Complete	Advanced Notice:	Y
Ownership:	Private
Safety/Health:	Safety	Close Conference:	05/20/1988
Planning Guide:	Safety-Construction	Close Case:	10/25/1988

Related Activity:	Type	ID	Safety	Health
	Accident	360728760

Violation Summary
	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	1					1
Current Violations	1					1
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.	01001	Serious	19260500 F01 IV	09/30/1988	10/03/1988	$210	$210	$0		-

	Inspection		Degree	Nature	Occupation
Accident Investigation Summary
Summary Nr: 601666		Event: 04/30/1988	Employee Killed In Fall From Balcony
Employee #1, an iron worker supervisor, went up to the east balcony to check on some angle iron that had been improperly fabricated. He was wearing a safety belt but did not tie off when he proceeded beyond the wire guardrails. He apparently tripped on either nails that had been driven into the concrete and bent over or one of the Nelson-type studs sticking up out of the concrete by about one inch. He apparently grabbed an angle that was lying atop the planter supports to catch his balance, but the angle had not been welded or secured to the supports and slid out. The angle fell off the supports followed by Employee #1. He grabbed the lower area of one of the supports and attempted to hold on, but his downward motion apparently swung his lower body up under the balcony and he fell 22 ft 6 in. to the concrete floor. He landed at a flat angle, causing his head to strike the concrete floor. Employee #1 was killed. He had been wearing a hard hat, but it came off his head in the fall.
Keywords: head, iron worker, struck against, construction, tripped, fall, lost balance, tie-off
1	106316128		Fatality	Concussion	Supervisors, n.e.c.

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