Inspection Detail
Inspection: 120322417 - Cal Building & Maintenance Industries Inc.
Inspection Information - Office: Ca Van Nuys
Site Address:
Cal Building & Maintenance Industries Inc.
4308 Trade Winds Dr.
Oxnard, CA 93035
Mailing Address:
5400 W. Rosecrans Ave. #105, Hawthorne, CA 90250
Union Status: NonUnion
SIC:1731
NAICS: 238210/Electrical Contractors
Inspection Type: Accident
Scope: Partial
Advanced Notice: N
Ownership: Private
Safety/Health: Safety
Close Conference: 03/20/2006
Planning Guide: Safety-Construction
Emphasis: S:Construction (Cship)
Case Closed: 08/29/2008
Type | Activity Nr | Safety | Health |
---|---|---|---|
Accident | 362529133 |
Violations/Penalties | Serious | Willful | Repeat | Other | Unclass | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Initial Violations | 1 | 1 | ||||
Current Violations | 1 | 1 | ||||
Initial Penalty | $0 | $0 | $0 | $275 | $0 | $275 |
Current Penalty | $0 | $0 | $0 | $200 | $0 | $200 |
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 | 1511 B | 03/20/2006 | 04/07/2006 | $200 | $275 | $0 | 04/27/2006 | F - Formal Settlement |
Investigation Summary
On September 20, 2005, Employee #1, an electrician, was installing electrical metal conduit in a condominium unit under construction. The construction site was a multiunit condominium and townhouse project. The accident occurred when Employee #1 walked back into a room of Building Number 4308, Unit 214, where he had been installing the conduit. He bent over to pick up his tool belt when a piece of wood, measuring approximately 2 in. thick by 8 ft wide by 12 ft long, fell from overhead and hit him on the back. The wood was being handled by coworkers of a subcontractor who was installing roof tapers on the roof prior to the installation of plywood sheeting. Emergency medical personnel was summoned to the scene of the accident. They transported him to a medical center. He was hospitalized for 3 days, with several fractured discs in his back. He indicated that he had severe pain in his left leg and pain in his back. He underwent physical therapy.
Keywords: FRACTURE, INSTALLING, CONDUIT, ELECTRICIAN, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, VERTEBRA
# | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree of Injury | Nature of Injury | Occupation |
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1 | 120322417 | Hospitalized injury | Fracture | Electricians' apprentices |