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Inspection Information - Office: Inact-Walnut Creek | ||||
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| Nr: 103408449 | Report ID: 0931800 | Open Date: 01/19/1989 | ||
| Gerard Tire Company | ||||
| 3440 Mount Diablo Boulevard Lafayette, CA 94549 | Union Status: NonUnion | |||
| SIC: 5531/Auto and Home Supply Stores | ||||
| Inspection Type: | Complaint | |||
| Scope: | Complete | Advanced Notice: | N | |
| Ownership: | Private | |||
| Safety/Health: | Safety | Close Conference: | 01/20/1989 | |
| Planning Guide: | Safety-Manufacturing | Close Case: | 11/21/1989 | |
| Related Activity: | Type | ID | Safety | Health |
| Complaint | 72368087 | Yes | ||
Violation Summary | ||||||
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| Serious | Willful | Repeat | Other | Unclass | Total | |
| Initial Violations | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Current Violations | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Initial Penalty | $900 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $900 |
| Current Penalty | $900 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $900 |
| FTA Amount | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| Violation Items | |||||||||||
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| # | ID | Type | Standard | Issuance | Abate | Curr$ | Init$ | Fta$ | Contest | LastEvent | |
| 1. | 01001 | Serious | 5A0001 | 05/31/1989 | 09/13/1989 | $900 | $900 | $0 | I - Informal Settlement | ||
Accident Investigation Summary | ||||||
| Summary Nr: 517037 | Event: 01/19/1989 | Employee Injured When Struck By Automobile And Lift | ||||
| Employee #1 was using a Western Manufacturing Co. Tire Chief TC-25 floor mounted, passenger car tire and brake lift to perform undercarriage work on a vehicle. The lift manufacturer cautions against this practice. While lying under the vehicle and feeling for a nearby tool, he apparently disturbed a flexible hydraulic hose that runs from the control unit located on a shelf along the floor to the ram that raises and lowers the lift. The hydraulic hose and/or fitting near the ram broke and the resulting loss of pressure allowed the vehicle and lift to drop suddenly onto Employee #1. He was hospitalized with a lacerated wrist. The employer routinely failed to prohibit the use of this lift for undercarriage work, failed to display the lift operating instructions in a conspicuous location in the lift area, and failed to train this new employee in the proper operation of this lift, all of which contributed to this accident. | ||||||
| Keywords: hydraulic lift, vehicle, work rules, equipment failure, hydraulic line, struck by, falling object, untrained, pressure release, unstable position | ||||||
| Inspection | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |||
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| 1 | 103408449 | Hospitalized injury | Cut/Laceration | Occupation not reported | ||