Inspection Detail

Inspection: 303727978 - Prairie View Industries, Inc.

Inspection Information - Office: Omaha Area Office

Inspection Nr: 303727978

Report ID: 0728900

Date Opened: 07/13/2001

Site Address:
Prairie View Industries, Inc.
714 5th St.
Fairbury, NE 68352

Mailing Address:
, , 00000

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:3499

NAICS: 332999/All Other Miscellaneous Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 11/09/2001

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 12/14/2001

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	100050731

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	3			1		4
Current Violations	3			1		4
Initial Penalty	$6,250	$0	$0	$0	$0	$6,250
Current Penalty	$6,250	$0	$0	$0	$0	$6,250
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	Latest Event
1.	01001A	Serious	19100147 C04 IIB	11/09/2001	12/12/2001	$1,250	$1,250	$0	-
2.	01001B	Serious	19100147 C06 I	11/09/2001	12/12/2001	$0	$0	$0	-
3.	01001C	Serious	19100147 C07 I	11/09/2001	12/12/2001	$0	$0	$0	-
4.	01002	Serious	19100176 B	11/09/2001	11/27/2001	$2,500	$2,500	$0	-
5.	01003A	Serious	19100178 L01 I	11/09/2001	12/12/2001	$2,500	$2,500	$0	-
6.	01003B	Serious	19100178 L04 IIA	11/09/2001	12/12/2001	$0	$0	$0	-
7.	02001	Other	19101200 H01	11/09/2001	12/12/2001	$0	$0	$0	-

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 200051308

Event: 07/12/2001

Employee killed in storage rack collapse

At approximately 12:30 p.m. to 1:00 p.m., Employee #1 and another employee were loading 5-foot by 10-foot sheets of aluminum stock onto a shop fabricated storage rack. The rack was 10 feet tall by 10 feet wide by 5 feet deep. Initially, the employees were using a 3800-pound capacity Yale Forklift Truck, Model Number GLC050DENJAE083, to put the pallets in the rack. They were about half way complete with loading the rack when they began to move some of the sheets by hand. To do this, they would lift a pallet to a comfortable working level using the fork truck and then unload the sheets into the rack by hand. While the two employees were loading the sheets into the rack, the rack collapsed and pinned Employee #1 between the loaded rack and some extrusion aluminum stored next to the rack approximately five feet behind him. Employee #1 was killed as a result of the collapse. The rack was approximately 10 years old and had never been rated or load tested. It was designed and constructed to hold two pallets on each of its five shelves. However, the employees were sliding as many sheets as they could fit onto the shelves for space saving reasons.

Keywords: COLLAPSE, OVERLOADED, CAUGHT BETWEEN, CRUSHED, STORAGE RACK

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	303727978			Fatality	Other	Occupation not reported

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