Durham School Services: OSHA inspections and violations

Incident on Jun 6, 2007: Employee injures hand and fingers while repairing bus

On June 6, 2007, an employee, an experienced mechanic, was attempting to identif y the source of a squealing noise coming from the engine of a bus. He removed th e fan and belt, and identified the source as coming from one of several pulleys operated by a serpentine belt. He was using a mechanic's stethoscope to identify which pulley was making the noise when his left hand came close to the moving b elt. The moving belt dragged his left hand into the operating belt and pulley as sembly, severely lacerating his third and fourth fingers of his left hand. The e mployee was hospitalized and treated for laceration of fingers and hand.

Incident on Jun 14, 2007: Employee becomes overheated in bus yard

On June 14, 2007, Employee #1 was rearranging buses in the school bus yard. The temperature had gotten up to 95 degrees F. Employee #1 stated that she was focus ed on arranging the buses and not paying attention to the heat. Employee #1 got was overheated and went inside to cool off. Employee #1's supervisor had her sit down with a cold towel on her neck in the coolest office in the building. The s upervisor called 911. Employee #1 was transported to Kaiser Santa Teresa, treate d and released.