Inspection Detail

Inspection: 314062720 - Dave Janke Plumbing, Inc

Inspection Information - Office: Omaha Area Office

Inspection Nr: 314062720

Report ID: 0728900

Date Opened: 09/16/2011

Site Address:
Dave Janke Plumbing, Inc
192nd Ave And Briggs Street
Omaha, NE 68130

Mailing Address:
15013 Grover Street, Omaha, NE 68144

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:1711

NAICS: 238220/ Plumbing, Heating, and Air-Conditioning Contractors

Inspection Type: Referral

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 09/21/2011

Planning Guide: Safety-Construction

Emphasis: N:Trench, S:Residential Constr

Case Closed: 03/26/2014

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Referral	202944948	Yes

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	2	1				3
Current Violations	1		1			2
Initial Penalty	$10,780	$61,600	$0	$0	$0	$72,380
Current Penalty	$2,695	$0	$37,114	$0	$0	$39,809
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	19260020 B02	09/30/2011	11/02/2011	$0	$5,390	$0	10/20/2011	F - Formal Settlement	Citation has been deleted.
2.	01002	Serious	19260651 K02	09/30/2011	10/18/2011	$2,695	$5,390	$0	10/20/2011	F - Formal Settlement
3.	02001	Repeat	19260651 B	09/30/2011	11/02/2011	$37,114	$61,600	$0	10/20/2011	F - Formal Settlement

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 200054062

Event: 09/16/2011

Worker Is Injured in Water Line Excavation Collapse

On September 16, 2011, Employee #1 and two coworkers were working in an excavation installing a water line for a residential building in Omaha, NE. The west wall collapsed, and Employee #1 was partially engulfed. The crew had finished line boring under an adjacent street and was pulling 1 inch copper pipe under the street when the collapse occurred. The crew was using aluminum hydraulic shoring manufactured by Speed Shore as protection. In this type of soil, Type B, the shoring is to be spaced at no greater than 8-foot intervals with a minimum of three sections to create a protective system. The initial installation of the protective system included three sections spaced at 7.5 feet. The center section of shoring was removed by a coworker so that the excavator arm could be dropped into the trench to assist with extracting the boring rods from under the street. While the coworker used the excavator arm to withdraw the metal rods, Employee #1 worked in the excavation to disconnect the 10-foot sections from each other as they were pulled from the excavation wall. During this process, the wall of the excavation failed and covered Employee #1 to his waist. The Omaha Fire Department extracted Employee #1 and transported him by life flight to a hospital, where he was treated and then released with contusions to both legs.

Keywords: EXCAVATION, INSTALLING, COLLAPSE, CONSTRUCTION, TRENCH, SHORING, WATER PIPE, CONTUSION, LEG

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	314062720			Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Occupation not reported

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