Discovery Bay, CA ·
OSHA Injury Report: "ConOps - West - Discovery Bay, CA"
Injury · Other recordable case
At a glance
On , an injury at "ConOps - West - Discovery Bay, CA" in 17501 Highway 4, Discovery Bay, CA 94505 resulted in other recordable case. Employee was VWAssistant Project Mgr in wastewater.
Where did this happen?
- Establishment
- "ConOps - West - Discovery Bay, CA"
- Parent company
- "Veolia Municipal Water ConOps, Inc."
- Street
- 17501 Highway 4
- City
- Discovery Bay
- State
- CA
- ZIP
- 94505
- On-site location
- Underground electrical vault at WWTP2 on the Digest Pond Aerator
What was the outcome?
- Outcome
- Other recordable case (code 4)
- Type
- Injury (code 1)
Before the incident
Wastewater Treatment
What happened
Description: [REDACTED] at around [REDACTED] the Assistant Project Manager at Discovery Bay was working with a maintenance technician on an underground electrical vault at [REDACTED] on the Digest Pond Aerator. The APM was reaching into the pit vault to troubleshoot the wiring as the heavy lid fell striking the top of his forearms just above the wrist. The impact caused a small laceration on his right forearm. Findings from the investigation: The work was outdoors and it is believed that a gust of wind blew the lid shut. It is slightly windy but not above normal for our area or throughout the wastewater plant. The lid is heavy and old but it does have working lid locks. The lid was tested several times and with body weight and we were unable to disengage the lid locks so wind couldn 't have been the cause. The lid locks are automatic as long as the lid is totally open. APM was wearing PPE and also had long sleeves and a jacket which added some protection to his arms from the falling li
Injury or illness
Cuts Laceration Puncture - Forearm - Right
Object or substance involved
Struck By Laceration
Summary line
Employee incurred a small forearm laceration while troubleshooting wiring in an underground electrical vault at [REDACTED]. Despite functioning locks the lid fell possibly due to wind causing the injury.
Employee and industry
- Job description
- VWAssistant Project Mgr
- SOC code
- 9999: Uncoded
- NAICS code
- 221320: Wastewater
- NAICS vintage
- 2022
- Employees at this establishment (2023 average)
- 10
- Hours worked at this establishment (2023 total)
- 20,800
- EIN
- 930929498
- Establishment ID
- 994666
- Employer case #
- 23_3845
When (timing detail)
- Date of incident
- Shift started
- 06:00
- Time of incident
- 12:00
- Filing year
- 2023
- Submitted to OSHA
- 2024-02-13
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Source
Data from OSHA ITA Form 300/301 electronic submissions, filing year 2023. ITA Case Detail records are establishment-reported submissions, not OSHA inspections, so no per-record IMIS deep link exists.
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