Inspection Detail

Inspection: 119851608 - Empty Chair Production Inc.

Inspection Information - Office: Monrovia District Office

Inspection Nr: 119851608

Report ID: 0950644

Date Opened: 03/14/1995

Site Address:
Empty Chair Production Inc.
1740 N. Altadena Drive
Pasadena, CA 91105

Mailing Address:
11500 Tennessee Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90064

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:7819

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Complete

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 04/10/1995

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 08/31/2010

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	362258782

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations				1		1
Current Violations				1		1
Initial Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$485	$0	$485
Current Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$485	$0	$485
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	3203 A02	03/27/1995	04/14/1995	$485	$485	$0		I - Informal Settlement

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 170733984

Event: 03/13/1995

Employee killed when struck by falling wind machine

Employee #1, an equipment maintenance coordinator of M.T. Chair Productions, Inc., was working in a flat area off-loading a portable wind machine from the back of a truck at a movie set. A coworker was on the flatbed of the truck, lowering the wind machine with a hydraulic lift and holding on to it with both hands. Employee #1 was steadying the 95 in. high, 80 in. wide, 80 in. long, 1,500 lb machine as it was being lowered. The machine tipped to the side and fell on Employee #1, striking him in the head and killing him. A causal factor was that there were not enough helpers. Also, moving the machine was the job of the rental company that owned the machine, not the employees of the renting company.

Keywords: FRACTURE, HEAD, HYDRAULIC LIFT, FAN, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, OFF LOADING, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, UNSTABLE POSITION

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	119851608			Fatality	Fracture	Supervisors, material moving equipment operators

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