Inspection Detail
Inspection: 119636710 - Bay Area Construction Framers, Inc.
Inspection Information - Office: American Canyon District Office
Site Address:
Bay Area Construction Framers, Inc.
Ranch Drive
Novato, CA 94947
Mailing Address:
7080 Donlon Way #24, Dublin, CA 94568
Union Status: Union
SIC:1751
NAICS: 238130/Framing Contractors
Inspection Type: Accident
Scope: Complete
Advanced Notice: N
Ownership: Private
Safety/Health: Safety
Close Conference: 07/26/2004
Planning Guide: Safety-Construction
Emphasis: S:Construction (Cship)
Case Closed: 04/24/2006
Type | Activity Nr | Safety | Health |
---|---|---|---|
Accident | 361604382 |
Violations/Penalties | Serious | Willful | Repeat | Other | Unclass | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Initial Violations | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
Current Violations | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
Initial Penalty | $4,725 | $0 | $0 | $700 | $0 | $5,425 |
Current Penalty | $4,725 | $0 | $0 | $700 | $0 | $5,425 |
FTA Penalty | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
# | Citation ID | Citaton Type | Standard Cited | Issuance Date | Abatement Due Date | Current Penalty | Initial Penalty | FTA Penalty | Contest | Latest Event | Note |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | 01001 | Other | 1655 C | 08/02/2004 | 08/18/2004 | $700 | $700 | $0 | - | ||
2. | 02001 | Serious | 1655 E | 08/02/2004 | 08/18/2004 | $4,725 | $4,725 | $0 | - |
Investigation Summary
At approximately 3:30 pm. on July 12, 2004, Employee #1 was working from a z-pole pump-jack scaffold with a 12 foot aluminum plank platform at the Westside of building number 2, Unit number 12, which was approximately 13' feet above the ground, installing the paper vapor barrier on the outside of the shear wall in preparation for installing the siding. The scaffold had been erected by the lead- person, who instructed. Employee #1 how to operate it. This was employee #1's first day on this site and first experience with pump-jacks. A scaffold he worked back and forth, stapling the paper, the south-end of the scaffold upright broke and collapsed. Employee #1 fell to the ground and landed on his feet and fell backwards, suffering a compression fracture in his lower back. He was transported to a hospital for treatment.
Keywords: PLATFORM, FRACTURE, SHEAR, GUARD, BACK, FALL, BRACING, ELECTRICAL SPLICE, SCAFFOLD
# | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree of Injury | Nature of Injury | Occupation |
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1 | 119636710 | Hospitalized injury | Fracture | Carpenter apprentices |