Glendale City: OSHA inspections and violations

Incident on Sep 19, 2007: Employee injured in fall

The Montrose Substation is an electrical power generation plant operated under t he jurisdiction of City Of Glendale Water and Power. At the time of the accident , Employee #1 was determined to have been standing on the bed of a Palfinger, id entified as a truck-mounted mobile crane, attempting to guide a metal cabinet on to a pallet situated at the rear of the truck bed when he fell off the truck lan ding on the asphalt. It was determined Employee #1 was working on an order to re locate a metal cabinet when his left toe became caught by the cabinet causing hi m to lose balance and fall as the cabinet was being loaded by another employee. Employee #1 was taken to the Verdugo Hills Hospital where he was later admitted. The Division has determined the injury was caused by not restricting the ground crew other than the crane operator from entering into the area where crane was being operated.

Incident on Mar 27, 2003: Employee injured during fire hose pressure test

Employee #1, a firefighter, was performing a pressurized hose test on a 4-inch f ire hose. The employee was standing at the pump panel of the fire truck next to the discharge point where the hose was connected by a 2.5-inch double female ada pter to the 3.5-inch fitting on the truck. The hose was being brought up to a pr essure of 300 pounds per square inch. As the hose filled to approximately 150 po unds per square inch, it blew apart at the female adapter. The end of the hose a nd half of the adapter struck the employee and fractured his right leg. He was t ransported to Glendale Adventist Hospital where he received treatment for his in jury.

Incident on Jun 1, 2001: Employee fractures ankle when ridding mower tips over

At approximately 8:30 a.m. on June 1, 2001, Employee #1, a seasonal labor, was o n a riding mower. The sloped field was wet and muddy with tree roots sticking ou t of the soil. This grass is usually handled by a manual tool called weed eater. On all sloped areas, the park had instructed the workers to use their hand and manual tools instead of a riding lawn mower to avoid unnecessary hazards. In som e cases where erosion or tree roots can be seen as potential hazards, workers ar e also instructed to use a weed eater instead of mower. Employee #1 was mowing t he slope area above a ball field when the left front tire dropped off a tree roo t into an eroded area causing the mower to tip over. He turned off the mower and jumped, striking his right ankle on a concrete bleacher. Employee #1 was hospit alized with a fractured ankle.