Metal and Nonmetal Mine Safety and Health Report of Investigation: Surface Nonmetal Mine (Cement) - Fatal Fall of Person Accident, April 14, 2009. ThyssenKrupp Safway Services, Inc., Contractor ID No. D034 at Holcim (US) Incorporated, Holcim Ste. Genevieve Plant, Bloomsdale, Ste. Genevieve County, Missouri Mine ID No. 23-00284

摘要

On April 14, 2009, Vincent D. Lavite, contractor carpenter, age 38, was fatally injured when he fell about 75 feet from a scaffold platform he was dismantling. The platform he was standing on shifted unexpectedly causing him to lose his balance. The safety lanyard he was wearing then slipped off the suspension pipe where it was attached. The accident occurred because sub-contractor management policies and safe work procedures were not followed while persons were dismantling the scaffold platform. The victim continued to work from the platform after removing critical support and tie-off components. These components were typically removed when persons were positioned on the structural steel above the platform and tied-off outside the scaffold platform.