Inspection Detail

Inspection: 111829693 - Pacific Bell - Install/Repair

Inspection Information - Office: Oakland District Office

Inspection Nr: 111829693

Report ID: 0950614

Date Opened: 03/18/1991

Site Address:
Pacific Bell - Install/Repair
564 143rd Ave.
San Leandro, CA 94578

Mailing Address:
564 143rd. Ave. Rm. 1, San Leandro, CA 94578

Union Status: Union

SIC:4813

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Complete

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 04/15/1991

Planning Guide: Safety-Manufacturing

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 01/14/1992

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	361287386

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	1					1
Current Violations
Initial Penalty	$1,500	$0	$0	$0	$0	$1,500
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	Serious	8605 A	04/26/1991	05/03/1991	$1,500	$1,500	$0	05/20/1991	D - Govt Dismissed	Citation has been deleted.

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 170174213

Event: 03/11/1991

FALL FROM LADDER

A telephone line worker was replacing a telephone drop to a house. She was working from an 8.5-meter-long extension ladder that was hooked over the telephone suspension strand. As the employee, who was not tied off to the ladder, cut the metal frame on the telephone drop, the strand vibrated and caused her to fall. She sustained a back injury and a fractured left wrist. She was hospitalized for her injuries and received surgery on her left wrist (open reduction with external fixation). She was discharged from the hospital 8 days after the accident and was to undergo follow-up surgery a month later.

Keywords: FRACTURE, COMMUNICATION TOWER, EXTENSION LADDER, TELECOM WORK, LADDER, BACK, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, SUSPENSION STRAND, WRIST

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	111829693			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Telephone line installers and repairers

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