Inspection Detail

Inspection: 126103910 - Spike Electrical

Inspection Information - Office: Long Beach District Office

Inspection Nr: 126103910

Report ID: 0950642

Date Opened: 08/30/2001

Site Address:
Spike Electrical
11108 Alameda Blvd.
Lynwood, CA 90262

Mailing Address:
14064 Dittmar Ave., Whittier, CA 90605

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:1731

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 01/14/2002

Emphasis: S:Construction (Cship)

Case Closed: 01/14/2004

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	101050268

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	1			1		2
Current Violations	1			1		2
Initial Penalty	$12,600	$0	$0	$225	$0	$12,825
Current Penalty	$450	$0	$0	$225	$0	$675
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	342 A	01/14/2002	02/01/2002	$225	$225	$0		-
2.	02001	Serious	3704	01/14/2002	02/01/2002	$450	$12,600	$0	04/30/2002	J - ALJ Decision

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 201055860

Event: 07/16/2001

Employee Fractures Leg When Equipment Falls from Forklift

At approximately 1:09 p.m. on July 16, 2001, Employee #1 was working for a subcontractor for a telecommunications company, installing electrical and telephone equipment for a wireless communication system in Lynwood, CA. They were working at a water tower on property of the City of Lynwood. Employee #1 and a coworker, a foreman, were removing a 1.2 meter by 1.2 meter cribbing from the bottom of a switchgear unit. The cribbing was installed for shipping the equipment. A second coworker, the subcontractor and owner of a plumbing company, used his Case Model Number 1840 skid-steer, which was equipped with a fork attachment, to unload the heavy switchgear from the delivery truck. The forklift operator set the switchgear down on the concrete pad. Then, Employee #1 and the foreman removed the back panels of the switchgear to gain access to remove the bolts of the cribbing. With the switchgear still on the fork of the skid-steer, the forklift operator raised the switchgear approximately 200 millimeters, so that Employee #1 and the foreman could loosen the screws holding the cribbing to the frame of the switchgear. The foreman was on one side removing the cribbing, and his side came off easily. Employee #1 was on the opposite side, but he was having trouble removing the cribbing. While the foreman was holding onto the side of the switchgear with both hands and talking to Employee #1, it slid out toward the corner where Employee #1 was standing. First it slid sideways, and then it fell, with its back and side crushing Employee #1 from his waist down and fracturing his leg. Employee #1 was hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, IND TRK OPERATOR, TELECOM WORK, INDUSTRIAL TRUCK, MECH MAT HANDLING, STRUCK BY, FALLING OBJECT, LEG, UNSTABLE LOAD

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	126103910			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Occupation not reported

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