Inspection Detail

Inspection: 111035671 - Blue Ridge Mechanical

Inspection Information - Office: Sc Department Of Labor, Licensing, And Regulation

Inspection Nr: 111035671

Report ID: 0454510

Date Opened: 02/27/1991

Site Address:
Blue Ridge Mechanical
1557 Shaw Lane
Spartanburg, SC 29301

Mailing Address:
P. O. Box 4543, Greensboro, NC 27404

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:1711

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Complete

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 03/04/1991

Planning Guide: Safety-Construction

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 03/27/1991

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	360496186

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	1					1
Current Violations	1					1
Initial Penalty	$420	$0	$0	$0	$0	$420
Current Penalty	$420	$0	$0	$0	$0	$420
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	19260602 C01 VI	03/18/1991	03/21/1991	$420	$420	$0		-

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 910695

Event: 02/26/1991

Employee killed in fall from forklift platform

At approximately 2:20 p.m. on February 25, 1991, Employee #1 was installing an expansion joint in the boiler room piping from a four-sided wooden shipping crate elevated 25 ft by a forklift. When Employee #1 stepped to one side of the wooden crate/pallet to say something to his supervisor, the crate flipped over, causing the crate and the employee to fall to the gravel. He was killed when his head and face struck the gravel. The forks of the forklift were placed under the pallet in such a way that the pallet's bottom railings were not under the fork of the lift.

Keywords: HEAD, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, FALL, ELEVATED WORK PLAT, FACE, OVERTURN, UNSTABLE POSITION

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	111035671			Fatality	Concussion	Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters

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