Inspection Detail

Inspection: 18477943 - C. J. Kern Contractors, Inc.

Inspection Information - Office: Nc Department Of Labor - Raleigh

Inspection Nr: 18477943

Report ID: 0453710

Date Opened: 05/21/1992

Site Address:
C. J. Kern Contractors, Inc.
Cameron Ave. & Margaret Ln.
Hillsborough, NC 27278

Mailing Address:
P. O. Box 22005, Greensboro, NC 27420

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:1542

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 05/26/1992

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 03/08/1995

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	360490569

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	2					2
Current Violations	2					2
Initial Penalty	$7,000	$0	$0	$0	$0	$7,000
Current Penalty	$3,500	$0	$0	$0	$0	$3,500
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	19260021 B02	07/07/1992	07/13/1992	$3,500	$3,500	$0	07/30/1992	F - Formal Settlement
2.	01002	Serious	19260602 C01 VI	07/07/1992	07/13/1992	$0	$3,500	$0	07/30/1992	F - Formal Settlement

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 170063556

Event: 05/19/1992

Employee injured when forklift overturns

On May 19 at 4:15 p.m., Employee #1 was standing on a wooden pallet that was approximately 25 feet in the air and positioned by a Lull, motorized rubber tire forklift. A coworker was driving the forklift. The men had been working about three to four hours installing precast concrete shapes on the exterior of a building. The machine had been repositioned along the building wall next to a creek. The ground under the machine was filled with debris--broken bricks and scrap wood. The lift's left rear wheel settled into the fill and, with the boom extended 30 feet at an elevated angle from horizontal of 60 degrees, the inertial momentum of the extended boom and the weight of Employee #1 and two concrete window sills that weighed approximately 50 lb each caused the Lull forklift to overturn. Seriously injured, Employee #1 was airlifted to UNC Memorial Hospital.

Keywords: WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, FALL, UNSTABLE SOIL, OVERTURN

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	18477943			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Construction laborers

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