Inspection Detail

Inspection: 106781537 - Brown & Root Usa, Inc.

Inspection Information - Office: Little Rock Area Office

Inspection Nr: 106781537

Report ID: 0627100

Date Opened: 09/01/1988

Site Address:
Brown & Root Usa, Inc.
Highway 71 South
Ashdown, AR 71822

Mailing Address:
P. O. Box 70, Ashdown, AR 71822

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:1541

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 09/07/1988

Planning Guide: Safety-Construction

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 09/30/1988

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	360411292

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 14497028

Event: 08/31/1988

Employee killed in 210 ft fall when hot slag burned lanyard

Employee #1 was working at the top of an elevator shaft He used a nylon lanyard to tie off and wrapped it around a steel column twice so it would hold him close to the column. The lanyard was placed above a wall girt (a short piece of angle iron welded to the column) and Employee #1 stood on a wall girt located 4 ft below the one supporting his lanyard. He was cutting an anchor plate off the column for rewelding at another location when molten slag fell on the wall girt holding his lanyard. The slag burned through the nylon lanyard and Employee #1 fell approximately 210 ft. He was killed.

Keywords: MOLTEN SLAG, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, LANYARD, FALL, CUTTING AND BURNING, ELEVATOR SHAFT

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	106781537			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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