Inspection Detail

Inspection: 301327854 - L T Excavation

Inspection Information - Office: Monrovia District Office

Inspection Nr: 301327854

Report ID: 0950644

Date Opened: 06/07/2002

Site Address:
L T Excavation
2800 S Workman Mill Rd
Industry, CA 91745

Mailing Address:
27601 Forbes Road, Suite #54, Laguna Niguel, CA 92677

Union Status: Union

SIC:1794

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 08/15/2002

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 04/21/2005

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	362553919

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	1					1
Current Violations				1		1
Initial Penalty	$2,475	$0	$0	$0	$0	$2,475
Current Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$275	$0	$275
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	1590 A03	08/15/2002	08/20/2002	$275	$2,475	$0	02/19/2003	J - ALJ Decision

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 201795879

Event: 05/30/2002

Employee suffers a fracture when ejected from a scraper

On May 30, 2002, Cal/OSHA West Covina District Office received a report regarding Employee #1, an employee of LT Excavating, who was involved in an industrial accident. The site is a landfill and a future site for a recycling center. Employee #1, a heavy equipment operator, worked for the employer a total of 9 hours before the accident. As Employee #1 drove the Caterpillar 623B scraper up a steep road he lost control of the scraper. The scraper rolled backward down the steep road, through the berm, down the hill, through K rail barriers, a chain link fence, and came to rest at the bottom of the hill in an office parking lot. Employee #1 stated that he unbuckled his seat belt and jumped out of the scraper while it was going down the hill. Employee #1 was sustained a compression fracture of lower back and a broken collarbone and hospitalized.

Keywords: EJECTED, LOADING, EXCAVATION, FRACTURE, SCRAPER, COLLARBONE, EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, BACK, LOST CONTROL

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	301327854			Hospitalized injury	Other	Excavating and loading machine operators

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