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Inspection Detail
Inspection: 111829693 - Pacific Bell - Install/Repair
Inspection Information - Office: Oakland District Office
Site Address:
Pacific Bell - Install/Repair
564 143rd Ave.
San Leandro, CA 94578
Mailing Address:
564 143rd. Ave. Rm. 1, San Leandro, CA 94578
Union Status: Union
SIC:4813
NAICS: 0
Inspection Type: Accident
Scope: Complete
Advanced Notice: N
Ownership: Private
Safety/Health: Safety
Close Conference: 04/15/1991
Planning Guide: Safety-Manufacturing
Emphasis:
Case Closed: 01/14/1992
| Type | Activity Nr | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accident | 361287386 |
| Violations/Penalties | Serious | Willful | Repeat | Other | Unclass | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Initial Violations | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Current Violations | ||||||
| Initial Penalty | $1,500 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $1,500 |
| Current Penalty | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 | $0 |
| 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 | Serious | 8605 A | 04/26/1991 | 05/03/1991 | $1,500 | $1,500 | $0 | 05/20/1991 | D - Govt Dismissed | Citation has been deleted. |
Investigation Summary
A telephone line worker was replacing a telephone drop to a house. She was working from an 8.5-meter-long extension ladder that was hooked over the telephone suspension strand. As the employee, who was not tied off to the ladder, cut the metal frame on the telephone drop, the strand vibrated and caused her to fall. She sustained a back injury and a fractured left wrist. She was hospitalized for her injuries and received surgery on her left wrist (open reduction with external fixation). She was discharged from the hospital 8 days after the accident and was to undergo follow-up surgery a month later.
Keywords: FRACTURE, COMMUNICATION TOWER, EXTENSION LADDER, TELECOM WORK, LADDER, BACK, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, SUSPENSION STRAND, WRIST
| # | Inspection | Age | Sex | Degree of Injury | Nature of Injury | Occupation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 111829693 | Hospitalized injury | Fracture | Telephone line installers and repairers |