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Inspection Detail
Inspection: 300859675 - Ace Engineering Inc.
Inspection Information - Office: San Bernardino District Office
Site Address:
Ace Engineering Inc.
16333 Fairfield Ranch Road
0hino Hills, CA 91761
Mailing Address:
1880 Wright Avenue, La Verne, CA 91750
Union Status: Union
SIC:1521
NAICS: 0
Inspection Type: Accident
Scope: Partial
Advanced Notice: N
Ownership: Private
Safety/Health: Safety
Close Conference: 10/01/2002
Emphasis:
Case Closed: 09/26/2006
| Type | Activity Nr | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accident | 362455347 |
| Violations/Penalties | Serious | Willful | Repeat | Other | Unclass | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Initial Violations | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||
| Current Violations | 2 | 2 | ||||
| Initial Penalty | $18,000 | $0 | $0 | $375 | $0 | $18,375 |
| Current Penalty | $0 | $0 | $0 | $600 | $0 | $600 |
| FTA Penalty | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| # | 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 | 12/12/2002 | 12/17/2002 | $300 | $375 | $0 | 01/13/2003 | J - ALJ Decision | |
| 2. | 02001 | Other | 1646 C | 12/12/2002 | 12/17/2002 | $300 | $18,000 | $0 | 01/13/2003 | J - ALJ Decision |
Investigation Summary
At approximately 9:15 a.m. on August 26, 2002, Employee #1, a carpenter hired that morning from Local Hall L-944 by Ace Engineering, Inc., was using a rolling scaffold to attach a piece of cosmetic fascia to a large canopy under construction at the site of a sports complex. He was getting his pneumatic nail gun ready to drive in a nail when the scaffold moved backward and overturned. Employee #1 fell approximately 19 ft 8 in., down and across an array of concrete bleachers. He sustained compression fractures of the T-11 and T-12 vertebrae and a concussion. The four casters on the rolling scaffold were not locked.
Keywords: FRACTURE, CASTER, MOBILE SCAFFOLD, UNSECURED, WORK RULES, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, CONCUSSION, VERTEBRA, OVERTURN
| # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree of Injury | Nature of Injury | Occupation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 300859675 | Hospitalized injury | Fracture | Carpenters |