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Inspection Information - Office: Ca Los Angeles | ||||
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| Nr: 126063288 | Report ID: 0950641 | Open Date: 05/22/2000 | ||
| Kabc-Tv | ||||
| 6020 Santa Monica Blvd. Los Angeles, CA 90038 | Union Status: Union | |||
| SIC: 4833/Television Broadcasting Stations | ||||
| Mailing: 2020 Avenue Of The Stars, Ste. 560, Los Angeles, CA 90067 | ||||
| Inspection Type: | Accident | |||
| Scope: | Complete | Advanced Notice: | N | |
| Ownership: | Private | |||
| Safety/Health: | Safety | Close Conference: | 10/27/2000 | |
| Close Case: | 01/12/2001 | |||
| Related Activity: | Type | ID | Safety | Health |
| Accident | 362572679 | |||
Violation Summary | ||||||
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| Serious | Willful | Repeat | Other | Unclass | Total | |
| Initial Violations | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Current Violations | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||
| Initial Penalty | $29,050 | $0 | $0 | $900 | $0 | $29,950 |
| Current Penalty | $29,050 | $0 | $0 | $900 | $0 | $29,950 |
| 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 | Other | 2947 | 10/27/2000 | 12/15/2000 | $900 | $900 | $0 | - | ||
| 2. | 02001 | Serious | 2946 B02 | 10/27/2000 | 11/01/2000 | $25,000 | $25,000 | $0 | - | ||
| 3. | 03001 | Serious | 8603 A | 10/27/2000 | 11/13/2000 | $4,050 | $4,050 | $0 | - | ||
Accident Investigation Summary | ||||||
| Summary Nr: 201161684 | Event: 05/22/2000 | Electric Shock - Contact With Overhead Line Thru Boom | ||||
| A police department was setting up a baby car seat check operation and had issued a press release. Several television stations dispatched mobile news vans, and they were setting up operations. An employee (Employee #1) from one of the vans began setting up her van and antenna. She looked up, saw an overhead power line, and decided not to raise the antenna there. She then parked on a concrete apron that was on a 4.8-degree angle, leaning toward the street. The side of the van was approximately 300 millimeters to the side of the 34.5-kilovolt power line and 12.4 meters below it. Employee #1 exited the van and raised the antenna. Because the truck was on an angle, the antenna dish contacted the power line just as a second employee (Employee #2) exited the van. Employee #1 received an electric shock. She was treated at a hospital and released. Employee #2 received an electric shock and sustained third-degree burns to her hands, feet, and arms. She was transferred to the a burn center, where she subsequently had her left hand, right foot, toes on her right foot, and some fingers on her right hand amputated. An electric arc also jumped from the right front tire to a copper hose bib 760 millimeters to the right of the van. The resultant heat and pressure caused the water main inside a nearby body shop to explode. | ||||||
| Keywords: burn, amputated, overhead power line, electrical, boom, e gi ia, electric shock, antenna, hand, foot | ||||||
| Inspection | Degree | Nature | Occupation | |||
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| 1 | 126063288 | Hospitalized injury | Electric Shock | Communications equipment operators, n.e.c. | ||
| 2 | 126063288 | Hospitalized injury | Electric Shock | Communications equipment operators, n.e.c. | ||