Inspection Detail
Inspection: 307187013 - H & H Construction Services Inc.
Inspection Information - Office: Monrovia District Office
Site Address:
H & H Construction Services Inc.
3525 Cortez St
West Covina, CA 91790
Mailing Address:
12540 Atlantic Ave, Lynwood, CA 90262
Union Status: NonUnion
SIC:1541
NAICS: 236210/Industrial Building Construction
Inspection Type: Accident
Scope: Partial
Advanced Notice: N
Ownership: Private
Safety/Health: Safety
Close Conference: 06/11/2008
Emphasis:
Case Closed: 05/31/2010
Type | Activity Nr | Safety | Health |
---|---|---|---|
Accident | 101803609 |
Violations/Penalties | Serious | Willful | Repeat | Other | Unclass | Total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Initial Violations | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
Current Violations | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
Initial Penalty | $10,800 | $0 | $0 | $5,000 | $0 | $15,800 |
Current Penalty | $2,700 | $0 | $0 | $550 | $0 | $3,250 |
FTA Penalty | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
# | 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 | 06/11/2008 | 06/30/2008 | $550 | $5,000 | $0 | 06/18/2008 | F - Formal Settlement | |
2. | 02001 | Serious | 3382 A | 06/11/2008 | 06/30/2009 | $2,700 | $10,800 | $0 | 06/18/2008 | F - Formal Settlement |
Investigation Summary
At approximately 3:30 p.m. on December 14, 2007, Employee #1, a laborer with H & H Construction Services, Inc., was at a single-family residential construction site in West Covina, CA, cutting some horizontal rebars at grade level. He was using hand pliers when an approximately 8 ft long by 3/4 in. in diameter rebar struck him in the right eye or his eye otherwise became impaled on it. Employee #1 was transported by paramedics to County USC Medical Center for treatment. He was hospitalized for four days, but they were unable to save his eye. The 14 in. long hand plier, model 350, that Employee #1 was using was inspected at the site and found to be working properly.
Keywords: EYE, REBAR, IMPALED, WORK RULES, STRUCK AGAINST, CONSTRUCTION, STRUCK BY, HAND TOOL
# | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree of Injury | Nature of Injury | Occupation |
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1 | 307187013 | Hospitalized injury | Foreign Body Ineye | Construction laborers |