Inspection Detail

Case Status: CLOSED

Inspection: 1228868.015 - San Francisco Public Utilities Commission

Inspection Information - Office: San Francisco District Office

Inspection Nr: 1228868.015

Report ID: 0950611

Date Opened: 05/01/2017

Site Address:
San Francisco Public Utilities Commission
Madrid & Geneva Sts.
San Francisco, CA 94112

Mailing Address:
1990 Newcomb Ave., San Francisco, CA 94124

Union Status: Union

SIC:

NAICS: 926130/ Regulation and Administration of Communications, Electric, Gas, and Other Utilities

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: LocalGovt

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 08/28/2017

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 10/19/2017

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	1202902

Case Status: CLOSED

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations				1		1
Current Violations
Initial Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$1,000	$0	$1,000
Current Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
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	3380(F)(1)(A)	09/01/2017	10/16/2017	$0	$1,000	$0	09/15/2017	F - Formal Settlement	Citation has been deleted.

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 96516.015

Event: 03/29/2017

Employee burns leg while cutting bolts and later is hospital

At 10:30 a.m. on March 29, 2017, an employee was prepping his truck next to the worksite and watched an operator take a plate from a hole in the ground. The employee entered the ditch and began cutting bolts of a valve that needed to be replaced by using an oxy/acetylene torch. The employee suffered a second degree burn approximately ? inch long when a piece of hot slag fell onto his left leg and burned through his coveralls. The employee was later hospitalized on April 12, 2017, for a leg infection.

Keywords: Acetylene Torch, Burn, Ditch, Infection, Valve, Welder

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1228868.015	62	M	Hospitalized injury		Welders and cutters

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