Inspection Detail

Inspection: 309994093 - Blue Iron Inc

Inspection Information - Office: Sacramento Mining & Tunneling District Office

Inspection Nr: 309994093

Report ID: 0950651

Date Opened: 08/16/2007

Site Address:
Blue Iron Inc
2000 Ft W Of Elkhorn Blvd & Levee Rd
Rio Linda, CA 95763

Mailing Address:
Po Box 736, Sacramento, CA 95691

Union Status: Union

SIC:1622

NAICS: 237990/Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 08/30/2007

Emphasis: L:Tunnel

Case Closed: 02/19/2009

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	101510311

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	1					1
Current Violations	1					1
Initial Penalty	$14,400	$0	$0	$0	$0	$14,400
Current Penalty	$10,000	$0	$0	$0	$0	$10,000
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	Serious	4992	09/07/2007	08/16/2007	$10,000	$14,400	$0	09/26/2007	F - Formal Settlement

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 201510526

Event: 08/16/2007

Employee's jaw fractured when struck by falling crane boom

At approximately 10:30 a.m. on August 16, 2007, Employee #1, of Blue Iron, Inc., was disassembling a mobile lattice-boom crane. The crane boom was between 3 ft and 4 ft off the level ground and was supported by pendant cables, which ran from the struts on top of the car body to the end of the boom. Employee #1 was driving out the pins that held the bottom of the crane boom together. He had just driven out the second pin when the crane boom rotated around the two intact upper pins and then fell straight down, striking the right side of his face. Employee #1's jaw was fractured in two places.

Keywords: FRACTURE, DISMANTLING, UNSECURED, CRANE BOOM, MOBILE CRANE, CONSTRUCTION, STRUCK BY, FACE, CRANE

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	309994093			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Crane and tower operators

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