Inspection Detail

Inspection: 120340542 - Plant Performance Services, Llc

Inspection Information - Office: Ca-E-Concord (R2-D2)

Inspection Nr: 120340542

Report ID: 0950627

Date Opened: 02/11/2004

Site Address:
Plant Performance Services, Llc
841 Chevron Way
Richmond, CA 94801

Mailing Address:
8101 West Sam Houston Parkway South, Houston, TX 77072

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:1629

NAICS: 237120/Oil and Gas Pipeline and Related Structures Construction

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 05/19/2004

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 04/13/2005

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	361728553

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations				1		1
Current Violations				1		1
Initial Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$560	$0	$560
Current Penalty	$0	$0	$0	$560	$0	$560
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	3203 A06	05/21/2004	06/23/2004	$560	$560	$0		-

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 201486305

Event: 02/05/2004

Employee injured after being struck in face by wedge

At approximately 11:30 a.m. on February 5, 2004, Employee #1, a foreman, was spreading open a flange in order to insert a new gasket. The employee was using a hammer to pound in a pair of "Banana Wedges" in between the flange on a pipe leading to a heat exchanger. The flange was located 79 in. above ground. When he struck one of the wedges, it popped out and struck him just below the lip. The employee suffered a facial fracture that extended from his upper jaw to the orbit of his right eye socket. Employee #1 was hospitalized for seven days. Some factors that contributed to the accident were that the wedges were used incorrectly, the failure to loosen the adjacent piping flanges to allow the flanges in question to spread and the failure to wear a face shield as required by the employer.

Keywords: FRACTURE, WORK RULES, STRUCK BY, FLYING OBJECT, FACE

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	120340542			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Boilermakers

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