Inspection Detail

Inspection: 125795146 - Sierra At Tahoe, Inc.

Inspection Information - Office: Sacramento District Office

Inspection Nr: 125795146

Report ID: 0950621

Date Opened: 09/10/1997

Site Address:
Sierra At Tahoe, Inc.
1111 Sierra At Tahoe Road
Twin Bridges, CA 95735

Mailing Address:
, , 00000

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:7011

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 09/17/1997

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 01/26/1998

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	361503675

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations				1		1
Current Violations				1		1
Initial Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$200	$0	$200
Current Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$200	$0	$200
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	3381 A	10/29/1997	11/03/1997	$200	$200	$0		-

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 170787576

Event: 06/10/1997

Employee's skull fractured by chain hoisting line

At approximately 3:15 p.m. on June 10, 1997, Employee #1 and several coworkers were performing maintenance on a ski lift in Twin Bridges, CA. They were removing slack in a ski lift cable tensioned at 30,000 lb, that had been respliced to remove older cable from the previous ski season. The cable slacking come-alongs had been removed and the fully tensioned cable was slowly being released back up the tower when something slipped and the cable jumped between several inches and one foot, releasing the chain end of the hoisting line. It swung up and over the cable, striking Employee #1 across the top of the head. He received first aid at the scene for a scalp laceration before being transported to Barton Memorial Hospital in South Lake Tahoe, CA. At the hospital, Employee #1 was diagnosed with a fractured skull. He was then transferred by helicopter to Washoe Medical Center in Reno, NV. Employee #1 had been wearing a hard hat, but he removed it when it started to rain and had not replaced it when the rain stopped.

Keywords: FRACTURE, HEAD, MAINTENANCE, HARD HAT, WORK RULES, SLIP, SKULL, STRUCK BY, MECH MALFUNCTION, HOISTLINE

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125795146			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Elevator installers and repairers

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