Facility name: Los Robles Hospital And Medical Center
Location: THOUSAND OAKS, CA
Project classification: Hospital – Horizontal Expansion
Project type: Acute Care
Project number: 3055500036
Lesson Learned number: 61
Impact: Schedule, Quality
Lesson Learned/Best Practice
Working in extremely tight spaces next to live systems, hit Fire Sprinkler head and set system off. This was 100% avoidable.
When contractor is knowingly working in congested spaces around many live systems such as fire sprinkler systems for a period of time, it’s better to request the facility to shutdown the fire sprinkler system to account for the human error and risk of hitting a sprinkler head.
Suggested Actions for Future Projects
Coordinate with facilities to isolate and shutdown fire sprinkler system and go under fire watch. When contractor is knowingly working in congested spaces around many live systems such as fire sprinkler systems for a period of time, it’s better to request the facility to shutdown the fire sprinkler system to account for the human error and risk of hitting a sprinkler head.
Actions Taken / Current Status
Per Process Improvement Memorandum #1 (see attached), follow best practices for prevention of jobsite incidents.
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File 1:
48660ProcessImprovementMemoNo1_JobsiteIncidentsPrevention_5_7_19.pdf