Safety Report June 2019
Incidents Reported Date Injury Description: Causes: Prevention: Trying to bend a ground rod and it slipped Overexertion, awkward positioning, improper 5/26/19 Jaw Alternative methods under investigation and struck lower jaw tools Was trying to re hook up a secondary service at Mardon resort, attached one of the two legs on the service wire to the energized buss bar and placed a battery powered tool on the middle buss bar, to No barriers while working around energized Placement of insulated blankets and use of insulated 5/9/19 Flash connect the last wire in the service. The equipment. Improper tool for the job. tools wire was tightened , when trying to remove the tool from the energized buss bar it made contact with the top phase resulting in a flash.
Monthly and Year to Date 2018 May YTD Total Incidents Reported 2 18 Recordable Case(s) 2 5 Restricted Duty Case(s) 0 2 Lost Workday Case(s) 0 3
Vehicle Incidents Date Vehicle Driver’s Account: Prevention A contractor semi truck and trailer turning into the fiber yard striking Better planning for entrance and exit, Use a spotter for incoming big 5/3/19 VH0024 the gate breaking the bracket and bending the gate frame work rigs Staff member hit a gate post when entering onto the shoreline trail 5/11/19 VH0419 Awareness to surroundings causing a scratch in the side of the pick up Staff member backed into the corner of a fence post with the flat - bed truck causing a small dent in the back side of the truck bed. A 5/24/19 VH0461 360 degree walk around was done prior to backing the truck up, but Use a spotter or frequently check clearences. the wide sides of the bed could not be seen in the mirrors and back- up camera. Tail light on a pull -behind trailer was bent while backing into the maintenance center. The driver lost sight of the spotter within the Stop if you loose site of your spotter until you gain visibility for 5/29/19 VHT115 building. The metal was bent back into place, resulting in no guidance back damage to the light. Driving back from Moses Lake an oncoming concrete truck sent a 5/31/19 VH0138 rock flying into the windshield, cracking it in the bottom center of the N/A glass. It is currently not in the driver's line of sight.
Investigations Release Description Contact Date TBD Voith Lead Work Tyler O'Brion June Voith Turbine Lift Craig, Aaron, Stuart June Voith Top-Hat Incident Craig Bressan June Royal City Flash Event Craig Bressan June North Sky Communications Crescent Bare Power Strike RJ Fronsman TBD Blast Operation Lead Incident Tyler O’Brion • For more information contact the Safety Coordinator assigned to the investigation
Close Calls Date Location Description Box was placed in my cubicle and I didn't move it out of the way. Stood up quick to respond to a request and 5/2/19 EHQ tripped over the box. Didn't fall, or bump into anything, I did manage to catch myself with my other foot. An employee was removing a pallet of ceiling tiles from the top shelf and caught the underside of the shelf on the mezzanine, pulling the bracket off and bending it. The Foreman reviewed the situation with the driver and 5/7/19 WMC pointed out that they should have had a spotter to watch to make sure the forks were clear of the other shelf before starting his lift. There were no injuries, and the driver was wearing his seatbelt. While performing routine switching for the contractors that are rebuilding the transmission line on Wheeler Rd. The crew was instructed to close a normal open in V3162, before proceeding the crew used proper precautions and phased the normal open. While doing so the crew noticed that C Phase and B Phase did not 5/7/19 MLSC phase with their corresponding bus. Thus avoiding what certainly would have been a catastrophic event that no doubt would have resulted in personal injury destruction of company property, district equipment and customer equipment. The crew was than able to improvise, adapt and over come to re route the wire to the appropriate bus. During the disassembly of the Generating unit P-8 at Priest Rapids dam, it was discovered that the Servo Saddle was removed from the system while the clearance tags were still in place. This was reported to the CR 5/9/19 Priest Rapids P-8 and the Chief Operator. The Chief Operator located the Servo Saddle that had been removed and inspected the system. This energy isolation device was no longer needed at this stage in the work and therefore no hazard existed due to this action. An investigation into the cause and determine corrective actions is underway. While netting fish aboard PT -10, electrofishing boat, employee came off netting platform while actively PRD Reservoir Aboard PT- 5/9/19 electrofishing. The employee lunged out over the water with their arm/body. The boat operator had to hit the 10 "kill" switch to stop the flow of electricity to the water.
Close Calls Date Location Description Voith Employee was match marking parts on the gate ring linkage. Lead paint was removed using a wire wheel to facilitate marking. PUD mechanic observed the work and contacted the employee and Voith supervision the work was stopped. The same work was done the previous night so there was lead paint spread around the area. The lead removal areas were 3" x 4" for each match mark. Safety department was notified and the area 5/15/19 PRD was barricaded with red tape. Additionally the area where the runner nose cone removal was being done was barricaded. Also there was a possibility that the lead was tracked up to the break room area. The area outside the break room over to the bathroom was mopped the help reduce the possibility of contamination. Additional clean up measures are in process. An operator with North Sky Construction was digging a trench 3 ft. away from an underground primary cable that had been located and exposed. The operator dug into a second underground primary cable that had not 5/20/19 Trinidad Area been located. No injuries occurred. Investigation and follow-up are ongoing. Steps are being discussed to avoid a similar event in the future. Employee finger got caught between choker chain and hook on line truck felt pressure but no 5/21/19 ESC injury. Attentiveness of crew stopped the pick before it was a smashed finger Employee had the pump house door slam on his hand because of the vacuum from the pressure differential of 5/22/19 PRD the ventilation intake inside the pump house. The door is extremely heavy as well, witch makes handling the door difficult. A WDFW employee fell approximately 22 inches into flowing water that was approximately 18 inches deep, and was washed downstream approximately 20 feet, losing their hat and glasses. The employee was standing on top of dam boards in a channel-pond drain structure in order to seat them fully when they lost their footing and 5/24/19 Priest Rapids Hatchery hand grip, and fell into the water. The employee was able to self rescue when the current diminished the short distance downstream. A coworker noted the employee was pale and visibly shaken, but there were no physical injuries to the employee, who was wearing a PFD.
Close Calls Date Location Description While attempting to pick Left Bank pump house hatch cover. The insert in the hatch threads failed. The hatch 5/29/19 WMC never came up. The swivel eyes were torqued to manufactures specification. Rigging was adequate for the load. Employees suggest engineering evaluation of all hatch cover imbeds. While lifting a case of Muriatic acid off of the Warehouse top shelf, the cardboard box holding the 4 one gallon containers of Muriatic acid failed. The box degraded to the point that the gallons fell thru the bottom of the 5/29/19 Wanapum Warehouse box causing two of the gallon jugs to break on the floor. The area was contained, Hazmat and Safety dept. was notified.
Safety Meeting Make-ups Options to make-up a safety meeting • Attend another areas Safety Meeting • Review the safety meeting notes with the chair or scribe • LMS make-up Deadline for make-up being included in the safety statistics (7 business days into the next month) Safety report will show end of month participation % w/o 7 days. • 100% attendance is our target for safety meeting attendance. If you do not complete one of the make-up options prior to seven business days into the next month please use the LMS as your make-up option, this will assist safety in tracking. • Tracking attendance after the cut-off (7 business days into the next month) is the responsibility of the Sr. Manager for the Department. Safety will have attendance records but will not update the monthly stats.
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