Inspection Detail

Inspection: 307333914 - Bay Area Rapid Transit District

Inspection Information - Office: Oakland District Office

Inspection Nr: 307333914

Report ID: 0950614

Date Opened: 06/09/2004

Site Address:
Bay Area Rapid Transit District
300 Lakeside Drive
Oakland, CA 94612

Mailing Address:
1330 Broadway St., Suite 1530, Oakland, CA 94612

Union Status: Union

SIC:4111

NAICS: 485112/Commuter Rail Systems

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: Y

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 11/10/2004

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 11/15/2004

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	361626369

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 201504925

Event: 05/16/2004

Employee is injured when struck by wheel assembly

At approximately 6:45 p.m. on May 16, 2004, Employee #1 was unhooking and de-trucking the X-end wheel assembly of a car in the maintenance yard of the Bay Area Rapid Transit District. He was removing nuts from four center plate bolts. He was using an impact gun and had removed three of the nuts and was removing the fourth when the wheel assembly fell on him, pinning him against the concrete floor. He sustained injuries to his left knee, elbow, left wrist, and spinal cord. He also fractured his left clavicle and left scapular and was hospitalized with his injuries.

Keywords: KNEE, PORTABLE POWER TOOL, FRACTURE, AUTOMOTIVE REPAIR, PINNED, MECHANIC, STRUCK BY, ELBOW, FALLING OBJECT, WRIST

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	307333914			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Specified mechanics and repairers

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