Inspection Detail

Inspection: 111752879 - Luis Jiminez Vivas

Inspection Information - Office: Los Angeles District Office

Inspection Nr: 111752879

Report ID: 0950641

Date Opened: 01/21/1993

Site Address:
Luis Jiminez Vivas
618 So. Harvard
Los Angeles, CA 90005

Mailing Address:
527 N. Coronado St., #5, Los Angeles, CA 90026

Union Status: NonUnion

SIC:1741

NAICS: 0

Inspection Type: Accident

Scope: Partial

Advanced Notice: N

Ownership: StateGovt

Safety/Health: Safety

Close Conference: 03/02/1993

Emphasis:

Case Closed: 03/14/1994

Related Activity
Type	Activity Nr	Safety	Health
Accident	361323884

Violation Summary
Violations/Penalties	Serious	Willful	Repeat	Other	Unclass	Total
Initial Violations	2			3		5
Current Violations	2			3		5
Initial Penalty	$1,500	$0	$0	$820	$0	$2,320
Current Penalty	$1,500	$0	$0	$820	$0	$2,320
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	Latest Event
1.	01001	Other	1509 A	04/15/1993	04/30/1993	$335	$335	$0	-
2.	01002	Other	1509 B	04/15/1993	04/30/1993	$335	$335	$0	-
3.	01003	Other	1621 B	04/15/1993	04/30/1993	$150	$150	$0	-
4.	02001	Serious	1621 A	04/15/1993	04/30/1993	$750	$750	$0	-
5.	03001	Serious	1626 E	04/15/1993	04/30/1993	$750	$750	$0	-

Investigation Summary

Investigation Nr: 170178677

Event: 01/02/1993

Employee breaks both legs in fall down shaft

At approximately 10:40 a.m. on January 21, 1993, Employee #1 was working on the third floor of a building under construction. A tool dropped from his pocket and fell down an air ventilation shaft. To retrieve the tool, he descended to the lowest level, which was two levels below ground surface. The shaft was open only at the third floor and in the ceiling of the lowest level. There the ceiling was 97 inches above the floor. The shaft was about 48 inches wide and 133 1/2 inches long in rectangular section. Although CAL/OSHA safety orders required two means of access to the third floor, only one such means of access was provided and it was in an unsafe location at a distance from the shaft. Employee #1, attempting to take a short cut back to his work post, stacked a number of buckets, mounted the stack, and proceeded up the shaft by pushing his hands against the shaft walls, stopping to rest on an occasional projection. He got within about 5 feet of the top of the shaft before falling all the way to the concrete floor, about 45 feet, and sustaining fractures in both legs. Paramedics transported him to a hospital.

Keywords: FRACTURE, WORK RULES, AIR SHAFT, CONSTRUCTION, FALL, FALL PROTECTION, LEG

Investigated Inspection
#	Inspection	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	111752879			Hospitalized injury	Fracture	Brickmasons and stonemasons apprentices

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