Inspection Detail

Inspection: 126196716 - Far Signs Inc

Inspection Information - Office: Los Angeles District Office

Inspection Nr: 126196716

Report ID: 0950641

Date Opened: 10/30/2001

Site Address:
Far Signs Inc
8757 W Venice Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90034

Mailing Address:
1141 Esperanza St, Los Angeles, CA 90023

Union Status: Union

SIC:7312

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 04/03/2002

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 07/14/2004

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	362573750
Accident	362573768

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	2			2		4
Current Violations	2			1		3
Initial Penalty	$21,600	$0	$0	$1,000	$0	$22,600
Current Penalty	$3,600	$0	$0	$50	$0	$3,650
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	1509 A	04/03/2002	03/29/2002	$0	$500	$0	06/19/2002	F - Formal Settlement	Citation has been deleted.
2.	01002	Other	2948	04/03/2002	04/08/2002	$50	$500	$0	06/19/2002	F - Formal Settlement
3.	02001	Serious	1670 B02	04/02/2002	04/05/2002	$1,800	$10,800	$0	06/19/2002	F - Formal Settlement
4.	03001	Serious	2946 A	04/03/2002	04/08/2002	$1,800	$10,800	$0	06/19/2002	F - Formal Settlement

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 201163219

Event: 10/29/2001

Electric Shock - Contact with Overhead Line thru Metal Parts

At approximately 8:00 a.m. on October 29, 2001, Employee #1, his supervisor, and a coworker were on an elevated 20-foot billboard in Los Angeles, CA. They were installing a picture poster measuring about 15 feet high and 45 feet long. The poster was stretched on the billboard's platform by metal stiffeners placed along the bottom edge of the poster. These metal stiffeners, about 7 feet long, were being inserted in series into the seam of the poster. When a measurement was taken later, the billboard platform was found to be 54 inches from power lines running along the adjacent street, Venice Blvd., energized at 34,500 volts. Employee #1 was inserting the last stiffener, which was the one nearest to the power lines, when he felt an electrical surge. He then fell to the rooftop below. He was hospitalized for electrical burns on his hands and elsewhere on his body and for a leg fracture he sustained in the fall.

Keywords: FRACTURE, E GI III, ELECTRICAL, E PTD, ELECTRIC SHOCK, FALL, ADVERTISING SIGN, ELEVATED WORK PLAT, E GI IB, INATTENTION

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	126196716			Hospitalized injury	Electric Shock	Miscellaneous hand working occupations

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