Inspection Detail

Inspection: 111849923 - Marin Municipal Water District

Inspection Information - Office: American Canyon District Office

Inspection Nr: 111849923

Report ID: 0950615

Date Opened: 09/14/1990

Site Address:
Marin Municipal Water District
109 Allen St.
San Anselmo, CA 94960

Mailing Address:
200 Neller, Corte Madera, CA 94925

Union Status: Union

SIC:9511

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: LocalGovt

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 09/25/1990

Planning Guide: Safety-Manufacturing

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 02/20/1991

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety
Accident	361045800
Complaint	73546442	Yes
Complaint	73546459	Yes

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	Serious	5006 B	09/14/1990	10/15/1990	$0	$0	$0		-
2.	02001	Serious	3203 A01	09/14/1990	10/15/1990	$0	$0	$0		A - Amendment

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 170170914

Event: 09/13/1990

Employee injured when struck by backhoe bucket

At approximately 11:15 p.m. on September 12, 1990, a dispatcher at the Marin Municipal Water District contacted the acting foreman of the standby crew about a leak that needed to be repaired in San Anselmo, CA. During the course of the work, Employee #1, the acting equipment operator, was struck in the chest by a backhoe bucket. The crew consisted of the acting foreman, two utility workers, and Employee #1. The district had an unwritten policy of not having an acting foreman and an acting equipment operator on the same emergency repair crew. However, no regular heavy equipment operators were on the standby list or would come to work. The acting foreman had the dispatcher call Employee #1, whom he knew "had been used as an operator in the past."

Keywords: CHEST, REPAIR, WORK RULES, EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, STRUCK BY, UNTRAINED, BACKHOE, BACKHOE BUCKET

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	111849923			Hospitalized injury	Other	Excavating and loading machine operators

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