Inspection Detail

Inspection: 119819639 - California Institue Of Technology

Inspection Information - Office: Long Beach District Office

Inspection Nr: 119819639

Report ID: 0950642

Date Opened: 09/05/2001

Site Address:
California Institue Of Technology
266 S Chester Ave
Pasadena, CA 91125

Mailing Address:
1200 E California Bl Mail Code 25-6, Pasadena, CA 91125

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:8221

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 01/16/2002

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 09/01/2004

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	101050292

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	2					2
Current Violations				2		2
Initial Penalty	$23,060	$0	$0	$0	$0	$23,060
Current Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$1,200	$0	$1,200
FTA Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0

Violation Items
#	Citation ID	Citation Type	Standard Cited	Issuance Date	Abatement Due Date	Current Penalty	Initial Penalty	FTA Penalty	Contest	Latest Event	Note
1.	01001	Other	3214 A	01/16/2002	02/05/2002	$600	$5,060	$0	04/30/2002	F - Formal Settlement
2.	02001	Other	3271 C	01/16/2002	02/05/2002	$600	$18,000	$0	04/30/2002	F - Formal Settlement

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 201055878

Event: 07/18/2001

Employee injured when hand struck by falling trap door

At 8:00 a.m. on July 18, 2001, an accident occurred in the basement of a residential property of the California Technical Institute which was converted into an office. Employee #1 was told by his supervisor in the morning before the accident occurred, to go down to the basement with two other electricians to trouble shoot a bad electrical circuit which fed power to a computer. His coworkers had the hatch door open and they had already gone down to the basement. Employee #1 walked down the stairs into the basement and stopped momentarily on either the second or first step from the bottom of the stairs to see what his coworkers were doing. Meanwhile, Employee #1 placed his left hand on the wood frame of the hatch door to balance himself. The hatch door slammed shut and it smashed Employee #1's left hand between the frame and the hatch. Employee #1 sustained broken left ring, middle and index fingers and was hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, FINGER, HATCH, ELECTRICIAN, CAUGHT BETWEEN, DOOR

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	119819639			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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