Inspection Detail
Inspection: 120190764 - Tutor Saliba Perini J V
Inspection Information - Office: Sacramento Mining & Tunneling District Office
Site Address:
Tutor Saliba Perini J V
299 Steuart St
San Francisco, CA 94105
Mailing Address:
, , 00000
Union Status: Union
SIC:1622
NAICS: 0
Inspection Type: Accident
Scope: Partial
Advanced Notice: N
Ownership: Private
Safety/Health: Safety
Close Conference: 12/29/1994
Emphasis:
Case Closed: 10/24/1996
| Type | Activity Nr | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accident | 361045248 |
| Violations/Penalties | Serious | Willful | Repeat | Other | Unclass | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Initial Violations | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Current Violations | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Initial Penalty | $10,000 | $0 | $0 | $450 | $0 | $10,450 |
| Current Penalty | $1,125 | $0 | $0 | $450 | $0 | $1,575 |
| 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 | 1632 B | 03/14/1995 | 12/16/1994 | $450 | $450 | $0 | 03/30/1995 | D - Govt Dismissed | Citation has been deleted. |
| 2. | 02001 | Serious | 1620 A | 03/14/1995 | 03/27/1995 | $1,125 | $5,000 | $0 | 03/30/1995 | W - Empr Withdrew | |
| 3. | 03001 | Other | 1629 A03 | 03/14/1995 | 03/27/1995 | $450 | $5,000 | $0 | 03/30/1995 | W - Empr Withdrew |
Investigation Summary
At approximately 3:00 p.m. on December 15, 1995, Employee #1, a welder employed by Tutor Saliba Perini, was finishing his end of shift clean-up work at the Area 2 pile driving excavation site of the Muni Metro Turn Back Facility project. He was walking on top of the slurry wall bottom step, which had a 24 in. break in elevation from the A level waler, in search of a piece of pad eye to be used by a coworker who was working overtime. As he stepped down from the slurry wall to the top of the wet 6 in. diameter PVC water pipeline, he slipped and lost his balance. He fell backward over the cable guardrail, which was rigged about 10 in. lower than a standard guardrail. He fell 15 ft from the A level to the top of the muck pile, which is 30 in. below the B level waler, suffering multiple trauma, fractured ribs, a fractured spine, and punctured lungs. Employee #1 required about a three-week stay in the hospital. The distracting presence of a 12 in. by 72 in. opening adjacent to the waler; the substandard manner in which the section of the A level cable guardrail was rigged; and the lack of a stairway to offset the break in elevations ranging from 22 to 24 in. in the heavily used travelway; all compounded by the prevailing wet weather at the time of the accident, were determined as the causal factors of this fall accident.
Keywords: FRACTURE, LUNG, STAIR, GUARDRAIL, WORK RULES, SLIP, WELDER, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, SLIPPERY SURFACE
| # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree of Injury | Nature of Injury | Occupation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 120190764 | Hospitalized injury | Fracture | Construction trades, n.e.c. |
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