TranslateInspection Detail
Case Status: CLOSED |
Inspection Information - Office: Houston South | ||||
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| Nr: 1422643.015 | Report ID: 0626700 | Open Date: 08/09/2019 | ||
| Traf-Tex Inc. | ||||
| Fairmont Pkwy. & Center St.Null Pasadena, TX 77505 | Union Status: NonUnion | |||
| SIC: | ||||
| NAICS: 237130/Power and Communication Line and Related Structures Construction | ||||
| Mailing: 8420 Hansen Rdnull, Houston, TX 77075 | ||||
| Inspection Type: | Fat/Cat | |||
| Scope: | Partial | Advanced Notice: | N | |
| Ownership: | Private | |||
| Safety/Health: | Safety | Close Conference: | 02/04/2020 | |
| Close Case: | 05/26/2020 | |||
| Related Activity: | Type | ID | Safety | Health |
| Accident | 1487041 | |||
Case Status: CLOSED |
Violation Summary | ||||||
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| Serious | Willful | Repeat | Other | Unclass | Total | |
| Initial Violations | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Current Violations | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Initial Penalty | $9,446 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $9,446 |
| Current Penalty | $6,612 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $6,612 |
| 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 | 5A0001 | 02/04/2020 | 03/13/2020 | $6,612 | $9,446 | $0 | I - Informal Settlement | ||
Accident Investigation Summary | ||||||
| Summary Nr: 118881.015 | Event: 08/08/2019 | Employee Is Killed When Struck By Rope Under Tension | ||||
| At 2:42 p.m. on August 8, 2019, Employee #1, employed by a traffic control syste ms company, was working at a heavy construction project. As a backhoe pulled ro pe and conduit from an underground pull box, he used a small traffic sign to red irect the path of the rope. He was monitoring the tension on the rope when the traffic sign bent in half. The rope struck Employee #1 and pushed him into a tr uck. He sustained blunt force trauma injuries to the head and was killed. | ||||||
| Keywords: backhoe, brain, caught between, conduit, construction, head, rope, struck against, struck by, traffic control, truck | ||||||
| Inspection | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |||
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| 1 | 1422643.015 | Fatality | Supervisors; plumbers, pipefitters & steamfitters | |||