TranslateInspection Detail
Case Status: CLOSED |
Inspection Information - Office: Houston North | ||||
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| Nr: 1391019.015 | Report ID: 0626600 | Open Date: 04/05/2019 | ||
| Spitzer Industries, Inc. | ||||
| 13863 Industrial Road Houston, TX 77015 | Union Status: NonUnion | |||
| SIC: | ||||
| NAICS: 332313/Plate Work Manufacturing | ||||
| Mailing: 13863 Industrial Road, Houston, TX 77015 | ||||
| Inspection Type: | Fat/Cat | |||
| Scope: | Partial | Advanced Notice: | N | |
| Ownership: | Private | |||
| Safety/Health: | Safety | Close Conference: | 05/15/2019 | |
| Close Case: | 07/19/2019 | |||
| Related Activity: | Type | ID | Safety | Health |
| Accident | 1442929 | |||
Case Status: CLOSED |
Violation Summary | ||||||
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| Serious | Willful | Repeat | Other | Unclass | Total | |
| Initial Violations | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Current Violations | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Initial Penalty | $26,520 | $0 | $0 | $1,895 | $0 | $28,415 |
| Current Penalty | $18,564 | $0 | $0 | $1,327 | $0 | $19,891 |
| FTA Amount | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Violation Items | |||||||||||
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| # | ID | Type | Standard | Issuance | Abate | Curr$ | Init$ | Fta$ | Contest | LastEvent | |
| 1. | 01001 | Serious | 19100179 N03 I | 06/24/2019 | 07/12/2019 | $9,282 | $13,260 | $0 | I - Informal Settlement | ||
| 2. | 01002 | Serious | 19100184 C09 | 06/24/2019 | 07/12/2019 | $9,282 | $13,260 | $0 | I - Informal Settlement | ||
| 3. | 02001 | Other | 19040041 A02 | 06/24/2019 | 07/12/2019 | $1,327 | $1,895 | $0 | I - Informal Settlement | ||
Accident Investigation Summary | ||||||
| Summary Nr: 115108.015 | Event: 04/04/2019 | Three Employees Are Struck By Elevated Metal Skirt During Fa | ||||
| At 9:00 p.m. on April 4, 2019, three employees were mating a base skirt section weighing 21, 559 lbs to the main part of a pressure vessel. Employee #1 and Employee #3 were taking measurements of the skirt while it was elevated by slings approximately 4 feet above the floor when the gravity center shifted and the skirt fell from the slings, striking Employee #1 and Employee #3. Employee #2 was pushed away by Employee #1 and fell to the ground. Employee #1 had his left arm and leg severed as well as sustaining blunt force trauma to his torso and died enroute to the hospital. Employee #3 was pronounced dead at the scene. Employee #2 sustained minor scrape and bruises; however, he did not need hospitalization. | ||||||
| Keywords: struck by, amputated, arm, crushed, amputation, leg, torso | ||||||
| Inspection | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |||
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| 1 | 1391019.015 | Fatality | Other | |||
| 2 | 1391019.015 | Non Hospitalized injury | Bruise/Contus/Abras | Crane Operator | ||
| 3 | 1391019.015 | Fatality | Other | Welders and cutters | ||