Inspection Detail

Inspection: 115710238 - Tom Obrien Construction Company Inc

Inspection Information - Office: Bend

Inspection Nr: 115710238

Report ID: 1054115

Date Opened: 03/08/1994

Site Address:
Tom Obrien Construction Company Inc
Hermiston Sanitary Transfer Station Project
Hermiston, OR 97838

Mailing Address:
115 W Hermiston Ave #240, Hermiston, OR 97838

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:1542

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 04/04/1994

Planning Guide: Safety-Construction

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 04/04/1994

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 792531

Event: 03/08/1994

Employee fractures heels in fall to compacted soil

At approximately 1:00 p.m. on March 6, 1994, Employee #1, a concrete worker for O'Brien Construction Co., Inc., was standing on top of a 12 in. wide vertical concrete wall removing the last in a series of concrete forms from the wall. He lost his balance and fell approximately 14 1/2 ft to compacted soil. Employee #1 suffered fractures to both heels. He was wearing a fall arrest harness and on the previous panels had been securing himself against falling. On this last panel, however, Employee #1 made no attempt to tie off and made no attempt to seek an alternate, safer, method of removing the last panel.

Keywords: CONCRETE FORM WORK, FRACTURE, PPE, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, LOST BALANCE, TIE-OFF, FOOT, UNSTABLE POSITION

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	115710238			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Concrete and terrazzo finishers

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