Inspection Detail

Inspection: 111827390 - Active Drilling Inc.

Inspection Information - Office: Oakland District Office

Inspection Nr: 111827390

Report ID: 0950614

Date Opened: 02/21/1991

Site Address:
Active Drilling Inc.
1 Oakwood Ct.
Oakland, CA 94611

Mailing Address:
4102 Adeline St., Oakland, CA 94608

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:1781

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 02/21/1991

Planning Guide: Safety-Construction

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 05/10/1991

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	361288129

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations				2		2
Current Violations				2		2
Initial Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Current Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
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	Other	1538 F	04/02/1991	05/10/1991	$0	$0	$0		A - Amendment
2.	01002	Other	1596 A01	04/02/1991	05/10/1991	$0	$0	$0		A - Amendment

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 170208482

Event: 02/21/1991

Employee injured when bulldozer rolls down hill

At approximately 12:30 p.m. on February 21, 1991, Employee #1, the president of Active Drilling, was using a D4 bulldozer equipped with a power auger attachment. to drill 20 ft holes for foundation piers on a 40 degree hillside at a residential construction site. The day before, he had drilled a hole and sunk a telephone pole 10 ft at the top of the hill to use as a deadman anchor for a wire rope winch on the bulldozer. The wire rope was secured and wrapped around the top 24 in. of the buried, vertical anchor pole. Employee #1 was drilling the 7th pier hole when the top of the anchor pole snapped. The bulldozer and auger rolled approximately 250 ft down the steep hillside. Employee #1 suffered degloving of the skin on his left hand, amputation of his left thumb, and other serious injuries. He was transported to Highland Hospital in Oakland, CA, and then to Ralph Davies Medical Center for treatment.

Keywords: AMPUTATED, ROLL-OVER, EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, CONSTRUCTION, THUMB, EQUIPMENT FAILURE, STEEP GRADE, BULLDOZER, UTILITY POLE, HAND

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	111827390			Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Supervisors, n.e.c.

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