Inspection Detail

Inspection: 313161648 - Teva Parenteral Medicines Inc

Inspection Information - Office: Santa Ana District Office

Inspection Nr: 313161648

Report ID: 0950631

Date Opened: 08/12/2009

Site Address:
Teva Parenteral Medicines Inc
19 Hughes
Irvine, CA 92618

Mailing Address:
11 Hughes, Irvine, CA 92618

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:2834

NAICS: 325412/Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufacturing

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: Private

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 01/05/2010

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 01/06/2010

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	102586906

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 202550554

Event: 07/08/2009

Employees Back Is Fractured in Fall from Defective Ladder

At approximately 2:00 a.m. on July 8, 2009, Employee #1, a maintenance technician, was changing a burned out light bulb using a 10 ft fiberglass ladder. The ladder did not belong to his company. The ladder was marked, broken do not use, in black marker and had red tape wrapped around the location of a fracture in the fiberglass. A coworker had climbed up the back of the ladder on the bracing to hand Employee #1 the new light bulb. As the coworker climbed down, he stepped on the brace that was near the fracture. The ladder collapsed, and Employee #1 fell 8 ft, landing on the ladder. Employee #1 suffered a concussion and a lumbar spinal injury. Employee #1 was hospitalized.

Keywords: FRACTURE, MAINTENANCE, SPINE, LADDER, BACK, FALL, CONCUSSION

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	313161648			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Painters, construction and maintenance

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