Inspection Detail

Inspection: 300858826 - Gro West Nursery

Inspection Information - Office: San Bernardino District Office

Inspection Nr: 300858826

Report ID: 0950633

Date Opened: 07/11/2002

Site Address:
Gro West Nursery
1755 St Lawrence Street
Riverside, CA 92503

Mailing Address:
2601 Valencia Ave, Brea, CA 92823

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:0181

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 08/15/2002

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 08/15/2002

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	362452583

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	1			3		4
Current Violations	1			3		4
Initial Penalty	$16,200	$0	$0	$975	$0	$17,175
Current Penalty	$2,925	$0	$0	$975	$0	$3,900
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
1.	01001	Other	342 A	08/15/2002	08/29/2002	$325	$325	$0	09/23/2002	J - ALJ Decision
2.	01002	Other	5002	08/15/2002	08/29/2002	$325	$325	$0	09/23/2002	J - ALJ Decision
3.	01003	Other	5021 A	08/15/2002	08/29/2002	$325	$325	$0	09/23/2002	J - ALJ Decision
4.	02001	Serious	4999 D03	08/15/2002	08/29/2002	$2,925	$16,200	$0	09/23/2002	J - ALJ Decision

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 201156817

Event: 03/12/2002

Employee's leg caught between concrete blocks

At approximately 11:00 a.m. on March 12, 2002, Employee #1, an employee at a nursery, was assisting his supervisor by moving concrete blocks. The supervisor was operating a boom-type truck mounted crane, (Model PC-1333B, Pitman Pole Cat, A.B. Chance Co. 6 tons, Lic. # 5M37654) and Employee #1 was helping him to hook up the concrete blocks (2-ft by 4-ft by 18-in. and approximately 1860 lbs) from a stack of blocks by using a chain with two hooks. After hooking up the load, Employee #1 was standing close to it. As the supervisor moved the load to pick it up, the load swung to the side, towards Employee #1 and hit him on his lower right leg. Employee #1's lower right leg got pinned between the load and a stack of blocks that was behind him. Employee #1 sustained multiple fractures to his lower right leg and was hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, NURSERY, CAUGHT BETWEEN, TRUCK, CONCRETE BLOCK, CRANE, LEG

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	300858826			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Laborers, except construction

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