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Inspection Information - Office: Houston North | ||||
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| Nr: 311360259 | Report ID: 0626600 | Open Date: 09/14/2007 | ||
| Infinity Construction Services, Lp | ||||
| 3525 Decker Drive Baytown, TX 77522 | Union Status: NonUnion | |||
| SIC: 1799/Special Trade Contractors, Not Elsewhere Classified | ||||
| NAICS: 237990/Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction | ||||
| Mailing: P.O. Box 447, Clute, TX 77531 | ||||
| Inspection Type: | Accident | |||
| Scope: | Partial | Advanced Notice: | N | |
| Ownership: | Private | |||
| Safety/Health: | Safety | Close Conference: | 09/26/2007 | |
| Close Case: | 09/26/2007 | |||
| Related Activity: | Type | ID | Safety | Health |
| Accident | 101764074 | |||
Accident Investigation Summary | ||||||
| Summary Nr: 201762986 | Event: 09/11/2007 | Employee Dies In Fall Accessing Scaffold Platform | ||||
| At approximately 10:45 a.m. on September 11, 2007, Employee #1, a scaffold builder, and three coworkers were dismantling part of a hanging scaffold built in a pipe rack to install a 3 ft process line at the Exxon Olefins BOP-X plant in Baytown, TX. Employee #1 tied a rope to a truss so that the rope could be used lower the scaffold to the ground after it was disconnected. He then walked 10 ft along the truss to a supported scaffold platform. As he stepped onto the platform, Employee #1 was trying to connect his lanyard to a scaffold runner but he apparently missed the tie-off point with the snap hook. He lost his balance and fell approximately 17 ft onto a road in the plant. Employee #1 sustained blunt force trauma to his head, facial injuries, a fractured rib, and a collapsed lung. He was transported to the hospital, where he died two days later. The employer had a 100 percent tie-off policy, and Employee #1 was wearing a fall protection harness and a shock absorbing Y-lanyard. He had connected the snap hooks together to make a loop on an overhead process line shortly before he fell. Employee #1 apparently disconnected the two ends of the lanyard from one another while he was trying to tie-off to the runner. | ||||||
| Keywords: head, dismantling, work rules, construction, lanyard, fall, fall protection, lost balance, tie-off, scaffold | ||||||
| Inspection | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |||
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| 1 | 311360259 | Fatality | Fracture | Occupation not reported | ||