Inspection Detail

Inspection: 300859675 - Ace Engineering Inc.

Inspection Information - Office: San Bernardino District Office

Inspection Nr: 300859675

Report ID: 0950633

Date Opened: 10/01/2002

Site Address:
Ace Engineering Inc.
16333 Fairfield Ranch Road
0hino Hills, CA 91761

Mailing Address:
1880 Wright Avenue, La Verne, CA 91750

Union Status: Union

SIC:1521

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 10/01/2002

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 09/26/2006

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	362455347

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	1			1		2
Current Violations				2		2
Initial Penalty	$18,000	$0	$0	$375	$0	$18,375
Current Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$600	$0	$600
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	342 A	12/12/2002	12/17/2002	$300	$375	$0	01/13/2003	J - ALJ Decision
2.	02001	Other	1646 C	12/12/2002	12/17/2002	$300	$18,000	$0	01/13/2003	J - ALJ Decision

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 300859675

Event: 08/26/2002

Employee Fractures Vertebrae in Fall from Mobile Scaffold

At approximately 9:15 a.m. on August 26, 2002, Employee #1, a carpenter hired that morning from Local Hall L-944 by Ace Engineering, Inc., was using a rolling scaffold to attach a piece of cosmetic fascia to a large canopy under construction at the site of a sports complex. He was getting his pneumatic nail gun ready to drive in a nail when the scaffold moved backward and overturned. Employee #1 fell approximately 19 ft 8 in., down and across an array of concrete bleachers. He sustained compression fractures of the T-11 and T-12 vertebrae and a concussion. The four casters on the rolling scaffold were not locked.

Keywords: FRACTURE, CASTER, MOBILE SCAFFOLD, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, CONCUSSION, VERTEBRA, OVERTURN

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	300859675			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Carpenters

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