Inspection Detail

Inspection: 316671973 - Labor Ready Southwest Inc.

Inspection Information - Office: Van Nuys District Office

Inspection Nr: 316671973

Report ID: 0950643

Date Opened: 11/26/2013

Site Address:
Labor Ready Southwest Inc.
1060 Channel Dr.
Montecito, CA 93108

Mailing Address:
1015 A St., Tacoma, WA 98402

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:7361

NAICS: 561310/Employment Placement Agencies

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 02/20/2014

Planning Guide: Safety-Construction

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 02/20/2014

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	102788437

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 202658423

Event: 09/17/2013

Employee Suffers Chest Pain Using Pneumatic Spade

On September 17, 2013, Employee #1, with an employment company called Labor Ready Southwest Inc., was working for Independent Concrete Cutting Inc., and he was cutting and demolishing concrete at a residence. Employee #1 and a coworker were digging sixteen-ins. footings, with a pneumatic spade. Employee #1 felt a pain in his chest. Employee #1 was hospitalized. The division was not able to determine the causal factor of the chest pain. More than a month before this date, Employee #1 had been doing demolition work, and he had been hospitalized for a ruptured diaphragm after he was struck in the chest by a 3 ft by 5 ft plaster panel.

Keywords: CHEST, DEMOLITION, CONSTRUCTION, CONCRETE, MACHINE--MISC

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	316671973			Hospitalized injury	Other	Construction laborers

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