Inspection Detail

Inspection: 312437247 - La City Water & Power

Inspection Information - Office: Van Nuys District Office

Inspection Nr: 312437247

Report ID: 0950643

Date Opened: 06/25/2010

Site Address:
La City Water & Power
W Of Laurel Cyn.N Of Sheldon St.
Sun Valley, CA 91352

Mailing Address:
1350 South Wall Street 2nd Floor, Los Angeles, CA 90015

Union Status: Union

SIC:4939

NAICS: 221121/Electric Bulk Power Transmission and Control

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: LocalGovt

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 11/18/2010

Planning Guide: Safety-Construction

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 08/31/2012

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	102632452

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	1			1		2
Current Violations				2		2
Initial Penalty	$18,000	$0	$0	$180	$0	$18,180
Current Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$750	$0	$750
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	1509 A	11/18/2010	12/21/2010	$0	$180	$0	12/02/2010	F - Formal Settlement
2.	02001	Other	5002	11/18/2010	11/26/2010	$750	$18,000	$0	12/02/2010	F - Formal Settlement

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 202469300

Event: 05/19/2010

Employee Suffers Injury from Transmission Tower Accident

Employee #1 was installing towers for high power lines. Employee #1 noticed that not all the bolt holes completely lined up, the ones that did, were put in place and nutted. With the one hole that did not align, they decided to lower the tower on some cribbing. Employee #1 noticed that the cribbing was not completely in place and he adjusted it accordingly. As Employee #1 went under the load, one of the bolts came loose, and the bottom plate fell crushing part of Employee #1's hand. Employee #1 suffered a serious injury, and partial amputation of his right thumb.

Keywords: CRUSHED, BOLT, STRUCK BY, TOWER, HAND

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	312437247			Non Hospitalized injury	Amputation	Crane and tower operators

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