Inspection Detail

Inspection: 310031455 - Olympus Painting Contractors, Inc.

Inspection Information - Office: Jacksonville Area Office

Inspection Nr: 310031455

Report ID: 0419700

Date Opened: 04/16/2007

Site Address:
Olympus Painting Contractors, Inc.
Forsyth Street And I-95 South
Jacksonville, FL 32206

Mailing Address:
556 Anclote Road, Tarpon Springs, FL 34689

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:1721

NAICS: 237310/ Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Complete

Advanced Notice: Y

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 06/15/2007

Emphasis: L:Fall, N:Lead, S:Fall From Height, S:Hwy Street Bridge Constr, S:Lead

Case Closed: 02/22/2008

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	101356129

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	1					1
Current Violations	1					1
Initial Penalty	$4,900	$0	$0	$0	$0	$4,900
Current Penalty	$3,900	$0	$0	$0	$0	$3,900
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	19260451 G01	08/24/2007	08/29/2007	$3,900	$4,900	$0		I - Informal Settlement

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 201353349

Event: 04/14/2007

Employee Killed in Fall from Bridge

On April 14, 2007, Employee #1 was working as a member of a crew who were to remove lead-based paint from a bridge, and then repaint the bridge. He and several other workers were working under the bridge, on a suspended platform made from 9-gauge chain-link fencing. They were spreading a tarpaulin on the chain-link platform. Even though there were cables suspended under the bridge to which employees could secure their personal fall protection equipment, no one was secured to the cable. Employee #1 was walking backward, helping spread the tarpaulin, when he walked into an opening in the chain-link platform by the pier cap of the bridge. He fell approximately 25 feet to the ground. He was taken to a local hospital, where he later died from hypovolemic shock, liver lacerations and blunt trauma.

Keywords: LOSS OF BLOOD, WORK RULES, LIVER, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, BRIDGE, WALKING BACKWARD, ELEVATED WORK PLAT, PAINTER

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	310031455			Fatality	Cut/Laceration	Occupation not reported

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