Inspection Detail

Inspection: 307402917 - Granite Construction Company Of California

Inspection Information - Office: Tampa Area Office

Inspection Nr: 307402917

Report ID: 0420600

Date Opened: 02/24/2004

Site Address:
Granite Construction Company Of California
12840 Hartzog Rd
Bay Lake, FL 32802

Mailing Address:
6215 East Sligh Ave., Tampa, FL 33617

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:1622

NAICS: 237310/ Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Complete

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 06/21/2004

Planning Guide: Safety-Construction

Emphasis: L:Fall, S:Construction Fatalities

Case Closed: 08/17/2004

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Referral	202467643	Yes	Yes
Accident	102408655

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	2					2
Current Violations	2					2
Initial Penalty	$14,000	$0	$0	$0	$0	$14,000
Current Penalty	$10,500	$0	$0	$0	$0	$10,500
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	19260501 B15	07/13/2004	07/16/2004	$5,250	$7,000	$0		I - Informal Settlement
2.	01002	Serious	19260501 C	07/13/2004	07/16/2004	$5,250	$7,000	$0		I - Informal Settlement

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 202344305

Event: 02/24/2004

Employee killed when struck by concrete

On February 23, 2004, Employee #1 and a coworker were involved in piling driving operation and were using a crane to set the leads around a pile. The crane operator noticed that the cushion came off from the bottom of the hammer assembly. He lowered the hammer in an effort to push the cushion back into place. By lowering the hammer, the pile was hit at the top and off center, causing pieces of concrete to be sheared off from the top of the pile and fall to the ground. Employee #1 and a coworker were standing on top of the template guiding the leads in place and around the pile when Employee #1 was struck on his head. That caused him to fall off the template to the ground. Employee #1 was killed. The coworker jumped off the template to the ground. The template was a steel structure made of "I" beams and was used to mark the location that the concrete piles would be driven. The "template" measured 10 ft 5 in. from the ground and was 16-ft wide and 4-ft long.

Keywords: FRACTURE, HEAD, PILE LEADS, PILING, TOWER CRANE, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, STRUCK BY, CONCRETE, CRANE

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	307402917			Fatality	Fracture	Construction trades, n.e.c.

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