Inspection Detail

Inspection: 112098447 - Mcbride'S Plumbing And Sheet Metal Inc.

Inspection Information - Office: Labor Enforcement Task Force (Letf) Unit - South

Inspection Nr: 112098447

Report ID: 0950645

Date Opened: 07/30/1992

Site Address:
Mcbride'S Plumbing And Sheet Metal Inc.
Grace Lane
Arroyo Grande, CA 93420

Mailing Address:
3085 South Higuera St., San Luis Obispo, CA 93401

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:1711

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 08/04/1992

Planning Guide: Safety-Construction

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 07/26/1995

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	361396237

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations				2		2
Current Violations				2		2
Initial Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$165	$0	$165
Current Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$165	$0	$165
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	1509 A	08/04/1992	08/21/1992	$165	$165	$0		-
2.	02001	Other	1511 A	08/04/1992	08/04/1992	$0	$0	$0		-

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 511865

Event: 07/29/1992

Employee injured by falling liftgate

At about 11:00 a.m. on July 29, 1992, a crated baptismal (large tub) had been transported by a flatbed trailer (1317) from P.E. O'Hair & Co. and was being delivered to a church building project. This trailer had a back lift gate that also acted as an end gate. The baptismal was put on the ground behind the trailer. The truck driver was placing the hydraulic lift gate back into the vertical position. As he was about to hook the chains onto the gate to secure it, the gate fell to the horizontal position, hitting Employee #1 in the back of the head and knocking his head against the baptismal crate. Five of Employee #1's top front teeth (three were a bridge) were knocked out. The truck driver did not know that Employee #1 had walked behind the trailer to adjust the baptismal on the pallet. There was no sign on the back of the lift gate warning to stay clear. On August 3, 1992, a representative of Waltco Lift, the manufacturer of the lift involved, did not find anything wrong with the lift. The lift did not fall accidentally again. The truck driver said that he had his hand on the handle to operate the lift and could have turned the handle. This would have been hard to do accidentally because the handle turned unconventionally in a back direction. The truck drivers know to stay out of the area of the unsecured lift gate.

Keywords: HEAD, HYDRAULIC LIFT, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, FLATBED TRUCK, WARNING SIGN

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	112098447			Non Hospitalized injury	Other	Plumbers, pipefitters and steamfitters

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