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Inspection Information - Office: Omaha | ||||
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| Nr: 300056223 | Report ID: 0728900 | Open Date: 08/19/1999 | ||
| Brb Contractors, Inc. | ||||
| 13th & Beaver City Water Treatment Plant Beatrice, NE 68310 | Union Status: NonUnion | |||
| SIC: 1542/General Contractors-Nonresidential Buildings, Other than Industrial Buildings and Warehouses | ||||
| Mailing: P.O. Box 8128 400 Nw Curtis, Topeka, KS 66608 | ||||
| Inspection Type: | Unprog Rel | |||
| Scope: | Complete | Advanced Notice: | N | |
| Ownership: | Private | |||
| Safety/Health: | Safety | Close Conference: | 11/30/1999 | |
| Planning Guide: | Safety-Construction | Close Case: | 09/14/2000 | |
| Emphasis: | S:Construction Fatalities | |||
| Related Activity: | Type | ID | Safety | Health |
| Accident | 100050301 | |||
Violation Summary | ||||||
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| Serious | Willful | Repeat | Other | Unclass | Total | |
| Initial Violations | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Current Violations | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Initial Penalty | $15,000 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $15,000 |
| Current Penalty | $5,000 | $0 | $0 | $2,000 | $0 | $7,000 |
| 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 | 19260550 A01 | 11/30/1999 | 12/17/1999 | $5,000 | $5,000 | $0 | 12/20/1999 | F - Formal Settlement | |
| 2. | 01002 | Other | 19260550 A05 | 11/30/1999 | 07/12/2000 | $2,000 | $5,000 | $0 | 12/20/1999 | F - Formal Settlement | |
| Deleted | 3. | 01003 | Serious | 19260550 A19 | 11/30/1999 | 12/17/1999 | $5,000 | $5,000 | $0 | 12/20/1999 | F - Formal Settlement |
Accident Investigation Summary | ||||||
| Summary Nr: 200050755 | Event: 08/19/1999 | One Employee Killed, One Injured, When Crane Boom Collapses | ||||
| 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 | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |||
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| 1 | 300056223 | Hospitalized injury | Other | Occupation not reported | ||