Inspection Detail

Inspection: 119633741 - Preston Pipelines Inc

Inspection Information - Office: American Canyon District Office

Inspection Nr: 119633741

Report ID: 0950615

Date Opened: 09/16/2004

Site Address:
Preston Pipelines Inc
105 Digital Drive
Novato, CA 94949

Mailing Address:
133 Bothelo Avenue, Milpitas, CA 95035

Union Status: Union

SIC:1623

NAICS: 237110/Water and Sewer Line and Related Structures Construction

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Complete

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 09/22/2004

Planning Guide: Safety-Construction

Emphasis: S:Construction (Cship)

Case Closed: 04/24/2006

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	361601198

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations				2		2
Current Violations				2		2
Initial Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$1,200	$0	$1,200
Current Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$1,200	$0	$1,200
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	15410001 A01	09/30/2004	10/05/2004	$450	$450	$0		-
2.	01002	Other	3410001 F03	09/30/2004	10/05/2004	$750	$750	$0		-

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 170840920

Event: 09/15/2004

Employee Fractures Pelvis in Trench Cave-In

At approximately 2:50 p.m. on September 15, 2004, Employee #1 was working for an employer that was constructing 4-inch and 6-inch sanitary sewer lines and a manhole at a commercial building under construction. Employee #1 was checking the grade as the foreman dug a trench with a backhoe. Just before quitting time, the foreman went to park the backhoe. Employee #1 saw what he thought was a problem with an exposed plastic electrical conduit and jumped into the unshored trench to check it out. The south wall of the 5 foot 10 inch trench that was resting on sandfill around the round, plastic conduits, caved in. Large chunks of engineered fill material pinned Employee #1 against the north wall, crushing him and fracturing his pelvis in five places. The foreman and two other employees in the area pulled him out of the trench. Employee #1 was hospitalized for his injuries.

Keywords: SEWER, FRACTURE, CONDUIT, PINNED, CONSTRUCTION, TRENCH, CRUSHED, CAVE-IN, MANHOLE, BACKHOE

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	119633741			Hospitalized injury	Bruise/Contus/Abras	Construction laborers

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