Inspection Detail

Inspection: 123291981 - Blakeslee Prestress, Inc.

Inspection Information - Office: Bridgeport Area Office

Inspection Nr: 123291981

Report ID: 0111500

Date Opened: 12/01/2001

Site Address:
Blakeslee Prestress, Inc.
Mcdermott Drive
Branford, CT 06405

Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 510, Branford, CT 06405

Union Status: Union

SIC:3272

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Referral

Scope: Complete

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 03/14/2002

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 07/19/2002

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Referral	201525060	Yes

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	13			2		15
Current Violations	12			3		15
Initial Penalty	$22,000	$0	$0	$0	$0	$22,000
Current Penalty	$12,200	$0	$0	$100	$0	$12,300
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	Latest Event	Note
1.	01001A	Serious	19100023 C01	03/26/2002	04/30/2002	$1,200	$2,000	$0	I - Informal Settlement
2.	01001B	Serious	19100023 D01 IV	03/26/2002	06/30/2002	$0	$0	$0	I - Informal Settlement
3.	01001C	Serious	19100023 E02	03/26/2002	06/30/2002	$0	$0	$0	I - Informal Settlement
4.	01002	Serious	19100106 E02 IIB2	03/26/2002	04/30/2002	$1,000	$2,000	$0	I - Informal Settlement
5.	01003A	Serious	19100110 F06 II	03/26/2002	04/15/2002	$800	$1,600	$0	I - Informal Settlement
6.	01003B	Serious	19100110 F07	03/26/2002	04/15/2002	$0	$0	$0	-
7.	01004	Serious	19100146 C05 IC	03/26/2002	05/10/2002	$1,200	$2,000	$0	I - Informal Settlement
8.	01005A	Serious	19100147 C06 I	03/26/2002	04/15/2002	$1,200	$2,000	$0	I - Informal Settlement
9.	01005B	Serious	19100147 F03 II	03/26/2002	03/29/2002	$0	$0	$0	-
10.	01006	Serious	19100151 C	03/26/2002	04/30/2002	$1,200	$2,000	$0	I - Informal Settlement
11.	01007	Serious	19100176 B	03/26/2002	03/29/2002	$1,500	$2,000	$0	I - Informal Settlement
12.	01008	Serious	19100179 D02 I	03/26/2002	04/15/2002	$800	$1,200	$0	I - Informal Settlement
13.	01009	Serious	19100179 D03	03/26/2002	04/15/2002	$900	$1,600	$0	I - Informal Settlement
14.	01010	Serious	19100179 E04	03/26/2002	04/30/2002	$900	$1,600	$0	I - Informal Settlement
15.	01011A	Other	19100179 J02 III	03/26/2002	04/15/2002	$0	$1,200	$0	I - Informal Settlement	Citation has been deleted.
16.	01011B	Other	19100179 J03	03/26/2002	04/30/2002	$100	$0	$0	I - Informal Settlement
17.	01011C	Other	19100179 M01	03/26/2002	04/15/2002	$0	$0	$0	I - Informal Settlement
18.	01012	Serious	19100242 A	03/26/2002	03/29/2002	$600	$1,200	$0	I - Informal Settlement
19.	01013	Serious	19100252 B02 III	03/26/2002	04/15/2002	$900	$1,600	$0	I - Informal Settlement
20.	02001	Other	19100179 G01 V	03/26/2002	04/15/2002	$0	$0	$0	-
21.	02002	Other	19100184 E03 II	03/26/2002	04/15/2002	$0	$0	$0	-

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 170667349

Event: 03/01/2002

Employee Pinned and Injured by Falling Forms

On December 1, 2001, Employee #1 was working on table Number 5 in the bison department. He was working with two other employees, one other laborer and one lead man. The three employees working at the table were assigned to strip the table and move the concrete piece to the outside where the overhead gantry crane would lift it and move it to its correct storing location. Once the concrete piece was removed from the table, the table needed to be prepared for the next job by stripping the old chamfer, which secured the forms to the table. After removing the old chamfers, the welds were ground down and the layout started for the next job. After completing the layout and installing the new chamfer, two rails or forms were needed to cast the concrete piece, one long one and one short one. Employee #1 found the smaller rail but was not able to find a larger piece. He was informed to look in the rear yard behind the low bay double T building to find the larger form. Employee #1 drove a forklift around to the area in which the large piece could be found. He found a pile of larger forms which were stacked three on top of three. He walked around the south side of the pile and while continuing his walk back to the forklift, a form fell over, pinning him to the ground. Three other employees came and lifted the piece off of Employee #1. He sustained a fractured right femur, dislocated right shoulder, fractured right orbital, fractured skull, dislocated jaw, fractured nose, and lacerations to the anterior and posterior head. Employee #1 was transported to Yale-New Haven Hospital where he was hospitalized for six days and was transferred to a rehabilitation facility for another four to five days.

Keywords: FRACTURE, BUILDING, RAIL, PINNED, GANTRY CRANE, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, LACERATION, DISLOCATED, FALLING OBJECT, CONCRETE

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	123291981			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Laborers, except construction

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