Inspection Detail

Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA

Inspection: 1562750 - E D W Rebar Inc

Inspection Information - Office: Toledo

Nr: 1562750

Report ID: 0524700

Open Date: 09/19/1984

E D W Rebar Inc

126 N Blanchard
Findlay, OH 45840

Union Status: Union

SIC: 1791/Structural Steel Erection

Mailing: Po Box 105, Mason, OH 45040

Inspection Type:

Accident

Scope:

Partial

Advanced Notice:

Ownership:

Private

Safety/Health:

Safety

Close Conference:

12/27/1985

Planning Guide:

Safety-Construction

Close Case:

12/27/1985

Related Activity:

Type

Safety

Health

Accident

360557797

**Violation Summary**
	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations		1				1
Current Violations	1					1
Initial Penalty	$0	$10,000	$0	$0	$0	$10,000
Current Penalty	$1,000	$0	$0	$0	$0	$1,000
FTA Amount	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0

Violation Items
	#	ID	Type	Standard	Issuance	Abate	Curr$	Init$	Fta$	Contest	LastEvent
	1.	01001	Serious	19260550 A15 I	11/29/1984	12/02/1984	$1,000	$10,000	$0	12/19/1984	F - Formal Settlement

Accident Investigation Summary
Summary Nr: 14513956		Event: 09/19/1984	Electric Shock - Contact With Overhead Line Thru Load Line
AN IRON WORKER WAS HOOKING UP LOADS OF REBAR COLUMNS THAT WERE TO BE MOVED FROM WHERE THEY WERE FABRICATED TO A LOCATION ABOUT 100 FEET AWAY BY A GROVE 20-TON HYDRAULIC CRANE (MODEL NO. RT6205). THE EMPLOYEE HAD TAKEN THE WIRE-ROPE SLING IN HIS HANDS AND STARTED WALKING WITH IT TO HOOK THE SLING TO TWO OF THE COLUMNS. THE LOAD LINE OF THE CRANE CONTACTED A 12-KILOVOLT OVERHEAD POWER LINE (7200 VOLTS TO GROUND) LOCATED DIRECTLY OVER THE COLUMNS. THE EMPLOYEE WAS ELECTROCUTED. THROUGHOUT THE JOB, THE PRIME CONTRACTOR HAD OPERATED THE CRANES TOO CLOSE TO THE POWER LINES, DESPITE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS FROM THE WORKERS.
Keywords: electrical, electrocuted, overhead power line, e c, crane, rebar, load line, erection process, iron worker
	Inspection		Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	1562750		Fatality	Electric Shock	Structural metal workers

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