Inspection Detail

Inspection: 125861286 - Marysville Dist. 10 Levee

Inspection Information - Office: Redding District Office

Inspection Nr: 125861286

Report ID: 0950623

Date Opened: 08/11/2000

Site Address:
Marysville Dist. 10 Levee
Hwy 70, 3 Mi N Of Marysville, Ellis Rd & Levee
Marysville, CA 95901

Mailing Address:
Reclamation Dist #10 Levee, 8700 Hwy 70, Marysville, CA 95901

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:1629

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: LocalGovt

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 08/16/2000

Emphasis: S:Targeted Compl & Consult

Case Closed: 06/06/2003

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	361706195

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	1					1
Current Violations
Initial Penalty	$10,800	$0	$0	$0	$0	$10,800
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	Serious	3651 B	12/27/2000	01/13/2001	$0	$10,800	$0	02/14/2001	F - Formal Settlement	Citation has been deleted.

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 170869879

Event: 08/11/2000

Employee dies of burns when trapped under tractor

Employee #1 and his supervisor were clearing weeds and sagebrush from the Marysville (CA) District #10 levee to make a firebreak. Employee #1 was driving a small tractor and pulling a powered water tank while the coworker supervisor was controlling the firebreak burn with water sprayed from a 140 ft hose attached to the water tank. The hose did not quite reach one area where the controlled burn might harm crops in a nearby field, so Employee #1 tried to back the tractor and water tank down the steep side of a 30 ft tall section of the levee. He lost control of the tractor and it flipped end-over-end, landing upside down on top of him inside the area being burned. Employee #1 died as a result of extensive burns.

Keywords: BURN, WORK RULES, FIRE, CONSTRUCTION, DRIVER, STEEP GRADE, TRACTOR, LOST CONTROL, BACKING UP, OVERTURN

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	125861286			Fatality	Burn/Scald(Heat)	Groundskeepers and gardeners, except farm

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