Inspection Detail

Occupational Safety and Health Administration OSHA

Inspection: 18253815 - Rees Weaver & Company, Incorporated

Inspection Information - Office: Philadelphia

Nr: 18253815

Report ID: 0317000

Open Date: 05/23/1988

Rees Weaver & Company, Incorporated

680 Morehall Rd., Plant 13, Highway Material, Inc.
Frazer, PA 19355

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC: 1541/General Contractors-Industrial Buildings and Warehouses

Mailing: 3809 Germantown Pike, P.O. Box H, Collegeville, PA 19355

Inspection Type:

Accident

Scope:

Complete

Advanced Notice:

Ownership:

Private

Safety/Health:

Safety

Close Conference:

05/31/1988

Close Case:

10/04/1988

Related Activity:

Type

Safety

Health

Accident

360533186

**Violation Summary**
	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	1			1		2
Current Violations	1			1		2
Initial Penalty	$630	$0	$0	$0	$0	$630
Current Penalty	$630	$0	$0	$0	$0	$630
FTA Amount	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0

Violation Items
	#	ID	Type	Standard	Issuance	Abate	Curr$	Init$	Fta$	Contest	LastEvent
	1.	01001	Serious	5A0001	08/17/1988	08/20/1988	$630	$630	$0		-
	2.	02001	Other	19030002 A01	08/17/1988	08/20/1988	$0	$0	$0		-

Accident Investigation Summary
Summary Nr: 14321293		Event: 05/19/1988	One Employee Killed By Falling Crane Boom
Employee #1 and coworkers were changing a crane boom section. Although they were working under the boom, which they had lowered to approximately 5 1/2 ft above the ground, they did not set the boom on a block or reposition the pendant from in front of the pins to behind them. When the employees removed the lower pins to the boom section, the boom folded and fell, breaking a coworker's hip and killing Employee #1.
Keywords: clearance, unsecured, blocks, crane boom, work rules, construction, struck by, falling object
	Inspection		Degree	Nature	Occupation
1	18253815		Fatality	Other	Helpers, mechanics and repairers

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