Inspection Detail
Inspection: 125743294 - City Of Sacramento
Inspection Information - Office: Sacramento District Office
Site Address:
City Of Sacramento
7701 College Town
Sacramento, CA 95826
Mailing Address:
921 10th St., Rm 700, Sacramento, CA 95814
Union Status: Union
SIC:4941
NAICS: 0
Inspection Type: Accident
Scope: Partial
Advanced Notice: N
Ownership: LocalGovt
Safety/Health: Safety
Close Conference: 06/19/2002
Emphasis:
Case Closed: 06/25/2002
Type | Activity Nr | Safety | Health |
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Accident | 361709074 |
Investigation Summary
At approximately 10:30 a.m. on March 29, 2002, Employee #1 was working with his coworkers cleaning out settling basin tanks that had quit working properly because the connecting pipes between them were clogged with solids. Water was generated from the lime slack, to treat it for public use. Small amounts of water dripped into a small metal dumpster and overflowed into a greater pit, 2 ft by 2 ft, that was connected to a settling basin (2 ft by 5 ft by 2ft deep) via a 4 in. pipe. This settling basin is connected to another settling area (2 ft diameter by 2 ft deep) that had a manhole cover. The settling areas were 2 ft below the surface (road and sidewalk). Employee #1 was closing up the job pulling the 2 ft by 5 ft steel cover back onto the settling basin with a metal handheld hook. As he was pulling the cover to adjust it properly, the hook slipped out of the hole on the cover as he stepped back, his right leg went into the open manhole. He broke his left hip.
Keywords: MANHOLE, HIP
# | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree of Injury | Nature of Injury | Occupation |
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1 | 125743294 | Hospitalized injury | Fracture | Water and sewage treatment plant operators |