Inspection Detail

Inspection: 832246 - Sparks Construction

Inspection Information - Office: Osha Philadelphia Area Office

Inspection Nr: 832246

Report ID: 0317000

Date Opened: 03/30/1987

Site Address:
Sparks Construction
One Liberty Place
Philadelphia, PA 19104

Mailing Address:
30 East 33rd Street, New York, NY 10016

Union Status: Union

SIC:1791

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 05/11/1987

Planning Guide: Safety-Construction

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 05/14/1987

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	360113914

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 14321301

Event: 03/27/1987

Employee killed in fall from scaffold when lifeline breaks

Employee #1 and a coworker, a store mason and a glazier, were caulking windows at the 46th floor of a construction site. They were working from a two-point suspension scaffold next to an outside material hoist. While the material hoist was ascending, its door frame caught Employee #1's lifeline. The upward tension on the lifeline pulled Employee #1 off the scaffold. His weight placed additional strain on the lifeline, breaking it. Employee #1 fell to the ground and was killed.

Keywords: LIFELINE, WORK RULES, OVERLOADED, CAUGHT BY, CONSTRUCTION, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, HOIST, TWO PT SUSP SCAFFOLD, FALL

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	832246			Fatality	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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