Inspection Detail

Inspection: 108259177 - Southern Oregon Underground Inc

Inspection Information - Office: Medford

Inspection Nr: 108259177

Report ID: 1054116

Date Opened: 03/14/1991

Site Address:
Southern Oregon Underground Inc
2091 Commerce St
Medford, OR 97540

Mailing Address:
Po Box 2720, White City, OR 97503

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:1623

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 04/26/1991

Planning Guide: Safety-Construction

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 09/19/1991

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	1					1
Current Violations	1					1
Initial Penalty	$2,500	$0	$0	$0	$0	$2,500
Current Penalty	$1,750	$0	$0	$0	$0	$1,750
FTA Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0

Violation Items
#	Citation ID	Citation Type	Standard Cited	Issuance Date	Abatement Due Date	Current Penalty	Initial Penalty	FTA Penalty	Contest	Latest Event	Note
1.	01001	Serious	740003001	05/03/1991	03/14/1991	$1,750	$2,500	$0	05/24/1991	L - State Settlement

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 710624

Event: 03/14/1991

Employee injured when caught by rotating shaft

At approximately 12:50 p.m. on March 12, 1991, Employee #1 was operating a Case trencher with a hydra-borer attachment. He and a coworker were boring a hole at a 45-degree angle to install a drop for a telephone line. There was approximately 12.2 meters of bore steel shaft exposed when Employee #1 lifted up the rotating shaft to obtain the correct angle. His clothes became caught by the moving shaft and wrapped around it, flipping the employee feet first onto the ground 15 to 20 times and wrapping even more tightly around the bore steel shaft. The coworker ran to the trencher to disengage the power take-off unit. He then checked on Employee #1 and called for assistance. Employee #1 was hospitalized with multiple injuries.

Keywords: CLOTHING, TELECOM WORK, ROTATING SHAFT, CAUGHT BY, UNDRGRD INSTALLATION, BORING MACHINE, POWER TAKE-OFF

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	108259177			Hospitalized injury	Other	Construction trades, n.e.c.

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