Inspection Detail

Inspection: 111838835 - Pacific Bell

Inspection Information - Office: American Canyon District Office

Inspection Nr: 111838835

Report ID: 0950615

Date Opened: 07/01/1991

Site Address:
Pacific Bell
6839 Rosemont Ave.
Lucerne, CA 95458

Mailing Address:
300 Kuki Rd., Ukiah, CA 95482

Union Status: Union

SIC:4813

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Complete

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 07/12/1991

Planning Guide: Safety-Manufacturing

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 05/18/1992

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	361271729

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations				2		2
Current Violations				2		2
Initial Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Current Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
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	3648 G	07/12/1991	08/12/1991	$0	$0	$0	07/29/1991	-
2.	01002	Other	3648 O	07/12/1991	08/12/1991	$0	$0	$0	07/29/1991	-

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 170206551

Event: 06/27/1991

FALL FROM AERIAL LIFT

A telephone line installer with 13 years of experience received a radio call from another telephone line installer to help install a telephone service drop. The first employee, who normally worked out of a van, got an aerial lift truck and drove to the work site. (The employee's supervisor was unaware that the employee was going to use an aerial lift.) The employee went up in the aerial lift bucket twice, pulling the telephone line thru a tree and cutting limbs off the tree as necessary. He went up for a third time, but did not use his safety belt, which was secured to the bucket. As the employee leaned out of the bucket to remove a limb, the bucket door, against which he was leaning, opened. He fell through the tree to the ground. He was hospitalized with fractured ribs.

Keywords: TELECOM WORK, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, DOOR, MECH MALFUNCTION, AERIAL LIFT, COMMUNICATION WORKER

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	111838835			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Telephone line installers and repairers

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