Inspection Detail

Inspection: 113884423 - Kloster Company

Inspection Information - Office: Saint Louis Area Office

Inspection Nr: 113884423

Report ID: 0729300

Date Opened: 04/01/1994

Site Address:
Kloster Company
Hwy 370 Bridge On Elm Point Rd
St. Charles, MO 63301

Mailing Address:
4245 Bi-State Industrial Dr, St. Louis, MO 63128

Union Status: Union

SIC:1622

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Complete

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 09/14/1994

Emphasis: L:Trench

Case Closed: 10/02/1995

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	360975866

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	1	1				2
Current Violations					1	1
Initial Penalty	$3,000	$56,000	$0	$0	$0	$59,000
Current Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$0	$28,000	$28,000
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	19260651 I03	09/27/1994	09/30/1994	$3,000	$3,000	$0	10/12/1994	F - Formal Settlement	Citation has been deleted.
2.	02001	Unclass	19260652 A01	09/27/1994	09/30/1994	$28,000	$56,000	$0	10/12/1994	F - Formal Settlement

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 14425177

Event: 03/31/1994

Employee dies in excavation cave-in

At approximately 1:45 p.m. on March 31, 1994, Employee #1, three coworkers, and one state inspector were working inside an excavation measuring 40 ft long, 20 ft wide, and 8 ft deep. A pile hammer was driving an H-pile into the ground of left Bent #3 for the Highway 370 bridge. Employee #1 was marking the pile penetrations when the wall behind him, under the asphalt roadway, collapsed and pinned him against the pile driver leads and hammer. Employee #1 died.

Keywords: EXCAVATION, COLLAPSE, MARKING, PILE DRIVER, PINNED, CONSTRUCTION, CAVE-IN

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	113884423			Fatality	Asphyxia	Occupation not reported

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