Inspection Detail
Inspection: 300056215 - Kaw Valley Builders
Inspection Information - Office: Omaha Area Office
Site Address:
Kaw Valley Builders
13th & Beaver City Water Treatment Plant
Beatrice, NE 68310
Mailing Address:
P. O. Box 93, Wamego, KS 66547
Union Status: NonUnion
SIC:1796
NAICS: 0
Inspection Type: Accident
Scope: Complete
Advanced Notice: N
Ownership: Private
Safety/Health: Safety
Close Conference: 11/30/1999
Planning Guide: Safety-Construction
Emphasis: S:Construction Fatalities
Case Closed: 05/23/2000
Type | Activity Nr | Safety | Health |
---|---|---|---|
Accident | 100050301 |
Violations/Penalties | Serious | Willful | Repeat | Other | Unclass | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Initial Violations | 2 | 2 | ||||
Current Violations | 1 | 1 | ||||
Initial Penalty | $3,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $3,000 |
Current Penalty | $1,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $1,000 |
FTA Penalty | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
# | Citation ID | Citaton Type | Standard Cited | Issuance Date | Abatement Due Date | Current Penalty | Initial Penalty | FTA Penalty | Contest | Latest Event | Note |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | 01001A | Serious | 19260021 B02 | 12/01/1999 | 01/03/2000 | $1,500 | $1,500 | $0 | 12/22/1999 | F - Formal Settlement | Citation has been deleted. |
2. | 01001B | Serious | 19260550 A19 | 12/01/1999 | 12/20/1999 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 12/22/1999 | F - Formal Settlement | Citation has been deleted. |
3. | 01002A | Serious | 19260501 B01 | 12/01/1999 | 05/01/2000 | $1,000 | $1,500 | $0 | 12/22/1999 | F - Formal Settlement | |
4. | 01002B | Serious | 19260502 H01 III | 12/01/1999 | 05/01/2000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 12/22/1999 | F - Formal Settlement | |
5. | 01002C | Serious | 19260503 C03 | 12/01/1999 | 05/01/2000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | 12/22/1999 | F - Formal Settlement |
Investigation Summary
Employee #1, of Kaw Valley Builders, was part of a crew removing rotating biological contactors (RBCs) from the roof of the wastewater treatment plant in Beatrice, NE. He was standing on the concrete roof, signaling Employee #2, of BRB Contractors, who was operating a Koehring spanner crane, model #550, serial #C-13639. Employee #2 was swinging one of the RBC units away from the building to be set on the ground when the crane boom collapsed and fell back across the roof, causing it to cave in. Employee #1 fell inside the building and landed on other RBC units; he was crushed and killed by the collapsed crane boom. Employee #2 was crushed by the falling load as it landed on the cab of his crane. He suffered head lacerations, broken teeth, and compound fractures of his right arm, for which he was hospitalized. When this report was written, Employee #2 had been released from the hospital. The RBCs weighed 25,600 pounds as a new unit, according to shipping invoices. The RBC involved in the accident was estimated to have weighed at least 28,250 lb.
Keywords: WORK RULES, SUSPENDED LOAD, CRANE OPERATOR, FRACTURE, COLLAPSE, CRANE BOOM, CONSTRUCTION, CRUSHED, FALLING OBJECT, UNSTABLE LOAD
# | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree of Injury | Nature of Injury | Occupation |
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1 | 300056215 | Fatality | Other | Occupation not reported |