Inspection Detail

Inspection: 301138244 - Ashby Lumber Co.

Inspection Information - Office: Oakland District Office

Inspection Nr: 301138244

Report ID: 0950614

Date Opened: 11/05/2003

Site Address:
Ashby Lumber Co.
824 Ashby Ave.
Berkeley, CA 94710

Mailing Address:
, , 00000

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:5211

NAICS: 444190/Other Building Material Dealers

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 03/09/2004

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 06/22/2006

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	361495674

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations				2		2
Current Violations				2		2
Initial Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$5,375	$0	$5,375
Current Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$5,375	$0	$5,375
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	03/09/2004	03/12/2004	$5,000	$5,000	$0		-
2.	01002	Other	3203 A02	03/09/2004	03/19/2004	$375	$375	$0		-

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 201504370

Event: 10/10/2003

Employee is injured when hit by a vertical rack member

On October 10, 2003, an employee was dismantling a yard storage rack. The rack had two vertical members with two rack arms each held together by two 0.625-in. threaded-rod diagonal braces and two 6-in. strap-steel horizontal braces, top and bottom. He first removed one of the diagonal braces, then the top horizontal brace, and then the other diagonal brace. He was about to remove the bottom horizontal brace when the right vertical member tipped over, uprooting the 8-in. bolts which held it to the concrete pavement, and fell to the left towards where the employee was standing. The vertical member fell on a wire-mesh metal fence, cushioning its fall, but one of its arms hit the employee. As a result, the employee sustained a cut on the head and a fractured hip bone which required surgery and hospitalization of more than 24 hours.

Keywords: FRACTURE, HEAD, DISMANTLING, WORK RULES, STORAGE RACK, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, HIP

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	301138244			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Sales workers, hardware and building supplies

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