Inspection Detail

Inspection: 123685604 - Fort Myer Construction Corp.

Inspection Information - Office: Va-E-Manassas (Regional Office)- Safety 0355114

Inspection Nr: 123685604

Report ID: 0355114

Date Opened: 08/29/1994

Site Address:
Fort Myer Construction Corp.
22 E.Of Intersection Of Lawyers Rd & Myterra Way
Reston, VA 22201

Mailing Address:
2237 33rd St.Ne, Washington, DC 20018

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:1794

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Referral

Scope: Complete

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 11/08/1994

Planning Guide: Safety-Construction

Emphasis: L:Ohpwrlne

Case Closed: 12/05/1994

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Referral	902483981	Yes

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	1					1
Current Violations
Initial Penalty	$875	$0	$0	$0	$0	$875
Current Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
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	19260600 A06	10/24/1994	10/28/1994	$875	$875	$0	11/09/1994	Y - State Decision	Citation has been deleted.

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 899948

Event: 08/29/1994

UTILITY POLE FAILURE

An employee was operating a Ford 9000 dump truck. He raised the bed of the truck, and it contacted a lateral support cable for a telephone line that crossed the worksite. The bed of the truck was elevated 21 feet above the ground. The telephone line was 19 feet above the ground. The employee was slamming the tailgate (apparently by moving the truck or the bed) to remove dirt from the bed of the truck. This caused the utility pole supporting the telephone line to break off about 6 feet above the ground. A 19-kilovolt overhead power line supported at 24 feet above the ground by the same pole came down and created an electrical fault that caused the failure of a transformer and that caused the circuit breakers protecting the circuit to open. Fortunately, no one was injured.

Keywords: OVERHEAD POWER LINE, ELECTRICAL, COMMUNICATION CABLE, UTILITY POLE

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	123685604					Occupation Not Listed

Thank You for Visiting Our Website

You are exiting the Department of Labor's Web server.

The Department of Labor does not endorse, takes no responsibility for, and exercises no control over the linked organization or its views, or contents, nor does it vouch for the accuracy or accessibility of the information contained on the destination server. The Department of Labor also cannot authorize the use of copyrighted materials contained in linked Web sites. Users must request such authorization from the sponsor of the linked Web site. Thank you for visiting our site. Please click the button below to continue.