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at approximately 11:15 a.m. on october 14 2010 employee #1 was trying to find the existing water line so that he could install a connecting water line leading to a new building. there was an existing trench that measured 2.5-ft by 3.83-ft by 19.83-ft and the employer was using a backhoe to reach a depth of 9 feet in the trench. employee #1 was digging with a shovel in the bottom of the excavation when the wall that was underneath the spoil pile caved in and he was engulfed. the employer tried using the backhoe in an attempt to free employee #1. it was determined that employee #1 died from a laceration of the aorta from the backhoe.

at approximately 10:40 a.m. on september 14 2011 employees #1 #2 #3 and #4 were working on a light duty scaffold (25 pounds/square foot) with 13 coworkers. all 17 employees were working for their employer a registered asbestos abatement contractor. the scaffold had been erected to remove asbestos prior to the demolition of the building. the scaffold collapsed and all 17 employees fell 18 feet to the ground. emergency services were called and employees #1 through #4 were transported to a local hospital. employees #1 and #2 were admitted for treatment of unspecified serious injuries sustained in the fall.

on november 24 2008 employee #1 was pulling down duct work in preparation for an asbestos removal job at the san joaquin delta college goleman library. a piece of 24-inch duct work was falling and was about to strike employee #1. to avoid being struck by the duct work employee #1 decided to jump off the 6-foot ladder. he fractured his right ankle in the approximate 4.5-foot jump off the ladder. employee #1 was hospitalized.

on april 30 2008 employee #1 was using a sludge hammer to knock down a 9-ft high cinder block asbestos wall. he struck the wall near the bottom causing the wall to collapse on him. employee #1 was killed. he did not use scaffolding to access the upper parts of the wall first.

on february 19 2008 employee #1 and a coworker were installing metal decking onto the steel beams below a skylight in the lobby area of towson town center mall. this was to serve as containment for subsequent asbestos removal. employee #1 fell approximately 20 ft from the steel beams to the concrete floor. he was hospitalized at the university of maryland shock trauma center for a fractured skull a fractured nose and fractured arms. the investigation revealed that employee #1 was not wearing fall protection equipment at the time of this accident. the coworker had just returned to the ground level via a scissors lift and did not see what caused employee #1 to fall.

on may 16 2007 employee #1 was working within an asbestos containment with two coworkers. he was wearing all of his personal protective equipment required for the job. employee #1 was removing a suspended pipe which was to be cut to bag out size. while standing on the third or fourth rung of a step ladder he began to remove the supports for this pipe with an angled grinder when the one remaining support for the pipe broke free from the ceiling. the pipe fell from the ceiling in a diagonal direction and struck the ladder that employee #1 was working from. he fell backward from the ladder approximately 6 feet and struck his head on the brick floor killing him.

on july 8 2006 employee #1 was standing at the 7-ft level of a properly positioned 10-ft stepladder while setting up critical barriers in preparation for an asbestos and lead abatement job. he was using a hand stapler and duct tape to secure the plastic sheeting to the walls. employee #1 was injured when he lost his balance and fell off the ladder. he was hospitalized for 14 days for surgery for his head injury. as a result of this injury he lost the vision in his left eye.

at approximately 2:30 p.m. on march 14 2006 employee #1 and a coworker his son were working in construction doing teardown work in a building. they had been working side by side on the day of the accident and the day before. they had removed the plastic material used to contain fibers during asbestos abatement on the sixth and fifth floors. that afternoon they reached the fourth floor. at the time of the accident they were removing the plastic containment material near a floor opening approximately 8 feet wide and 12.5 feet long. the opening was there so that a skid-steer loader like a bobcat could be lowered from one floor to another using a hoist. the employees' assigned task of removing plastic from the walls and floor of the area required them to be within 6 feet of the floor opening with the exception of the east wall. neither employee #1 nor his coworker were wearing fall protection and there were no guardrails. employee #1's coworker was on a ladder facing south and removing plastic when he heard employee #1 make an exclamatory remark and fall through the hole. employee #1 was transported to los angeles county+usc medical center. he was dead due to multiple injuries.

on february 1 2006 employee #1 was working on a step ladder helping a coworker install temporary lighting. another employee was working on an aerial lift fastening furring strips to the ceiling prior to the installation of plastic sheeting to seal the area for asbestos removal. the employee in the lift dropped a section of metal pipe (approximately 5.5-ft-long) which then rolled off a sloped concrete roof and struck employee #1. he then fell 8 ft to a concrete floor and sustained internal injuries. employee #1 was transported to creighton medical center where he was pronounced dead.

at approximately 1:00 p.m. on december 30 2005 employee #1 was working from a make shift scaffolding on the inside of an elevator shaft area located on the first floor. he was removing asbestos from the area. as employee #1 was working the elevator car which was above him descended due to lack of hydraulic pressure. employee #1 was pinned under the elevated car and was killed. the immediate cause of death was asphyxia. employee #1 was not protected from the elevated car since he did not secure the pressure control valve at the base of the elevator hydraulic cylinder. he also did not secure the hydraulic system from being activated or reenergized. in addition employee #1 did not shore supports under the elevated car to ensure that the car stayed elevated.

on april 18 2005 employee #1 was part of an asbestos removal crew removing the old roof from a building. it consisted of metal panels and sections of glass windows reinforced with chicken wire. employee #1 was wearing a harness and lanyard but was not tied off. he was unscrewing the bolts of one of the panels when he stepped backward and fell through the glass to the ground below. the distance from the roof to the ground was approximately 46 feet. he was killed.

at 10:30 a.m. on december 21 2004 employee #1 and a coworker laboring for ontario specialty contracting inc. at 1595 wynkoop street in denver co were working on the fourth level of the interior of a building being prepared for demolition. water was being sprayed on debris that had been removed from the roof as part of an asbestos abatement process. as a result several inches of water in depth had accumulated in an area adjacent to an elevator shaft. employee #1 and his coworker decided to pry open the elevator doors to allow the water to drain down the elevator shaft. at this time employee #1 lost his balance and fell 65 ft down the elevator shaft. employee #1 was killed.

on november 11 2004 employees of a demolition contractor performed demolition in the lobby of building 103 at the g.d heil inc. facility located in chatsworth ca. the on-site employer was an aerospace company engaged in the manufacture of aerospace parts and aircrafts. the demolition contractor was in the process of renovating the lobby of building 103. the demolition involved the removal of tile flooring and paneling attached to light soffits. approximately 8 inches away from the paneling was surfacing material on the soffits. boeing had identified the surfacing material during prior surveys as asbestos-containing. in the scope of work specifications for this project all sprayed acoustical ceiling surfaces were assumed to contain asbestos. this scope of work was provided to the contractors. when the paneling was removed by the demolition employees oversprayed surfacing material was found behind the paneling. at that point the job was shut down and an asbestos abatement company was hired to abate and clean-up the project. the employees involved in the incident were sent to a physician for a physical examination. none of the employees involved in the incident were hospitalized. an accident investigation revealed that the demolition contractor failed to provide asbestos awareness training to its employees. a possible asbestos exposure might have occurred.

at 9:30 p.m. on november 2 2004 employee #1 was performing asbestos removal for an asbestos contractor in fresh meadows ny. he was standing on a metal ventilation duct and was reaching toward the wall when he let out a scream and fell onto the duct. employee #1 was electrocuted.

employee #1 worked in the cable industry for more than 20 years. the employees in this industry drill and pull cable on structures where asbestos-containing building materials or presumed asbestos-containing building materials could be present. no air monitoring or training was conducted for employees performing this type of work. no exposure could be documented for the past six months. employee #1 died from mesothelioma that is caused from exposure to asbestos.

at 12:30 a.m. on may 14 2003 employee #1 was killed in a serious industrial accident that occurred at the orange mall in orange california. employee #1 was an asbestos worker hired by marcor remediation inc. as a full time employee on may 1 2003. he was one of 13 workers assigned to work at the orange mall to perform asbestos removal. on may 14 2003 at about 10:00 p.m. the supervisor arrived at the job site. he helped his crew prepare the containment area and check their personal protective equipment. the crew made their entry into the containment area at approximately midnight. seven workers used three scissor lifts to access the ceiling where asbestos removal work was to take place. one worker would wet down the asbestos-containing ceiling drywall boards while the other six used chisels and hammers to break down the ceiling material. the employees performing the removal left the lift platforms and climbed onto the ceiling framework to break down the material. the lift being used by employee #1 was moved out of the way to allow the material being broken to fall directly onto the floor. the supervisor and the remaining 6 workers were at floor level sweeping up and bagging the fallen debris. the workers performing the breakdown crawled along the wood framework made of 2-inch by 4-inch wood members to access adjacent ceiling boards. the structural member on which employee #1 was located broke causing him to fall 19 feet to the concrete floor. the employer had not provided the employees with fall protection. employee #1 died from head trauma and multiple fractures throughout his body shortly after he fell.

employees #1 through #10 were engaged in asbestos abatement work at a sears retail store in a shopping mall. they were inside a 6 000 square foot containment with 14 foot ceilings using a propane-powered floor scraper to remove the two layers of flooring and most of the mastic from the concrete subfloor. one employee was driving the scraper while others sprayed a wetting agent and shoveled the flooring into bags. after using the floor-scraping machine for approximately 3 hours the employees began to experience nausea and dizziness. emergency services was called and all ten workers were transported to the hospital for evaluation and treatment. their highest blood-gas readings were in the low 20s but none suffered permanent injury. two 2 000-cubic-foot-per-minute negative air machines were being used to evacuate air from the containment. the floor scraper was a terminator 2 manufactured by the innovatech products and equipment company. it was designed to emit 40 parts per million of carbon monoxide at the tailpipe but testing during the inspection showed that it was emitting 10 000 parts per million. the employer had been performing all maintenance on the terminator 2 in-house and he did not use an exhaust gas analyzer when tuning the engines as required by the manufacturer.

on july 4 1999 employee #1 was part of an asbestos-removal crew working to remove asbestos from the interior of a church. employee #1 and a coworker disassembled the top (third) section of a mobile scaffold and placed the removed section on top of the scaffold planks on the second level. they moved the scaffold to another location. when employee #1 climbed back up the scaffold he grabbed the third level brace that was sitting on top of the scaffold. the unsecured section of the scaffold slid toward employee #1 and he lost his balance and fell from the side of the tower. employee #1 was not trained on the erection and dismantling of the scaffold and the erection and dismantling of the scaffold was not performed under the supervision and direction of a qualified person. employee #1 sustained a head injury and was transported to the hospital and admitted into the intensive care unit with a diagnosis of a "closed head injury".

employee #1 was working on a platform approximately 14 ft above the ground removing asbestos. employee #1 was not using fall protection. employee #1 fell off the platform and died from the injuries sustained in the fall.

employee #1 and a coworker were using a 5 to 6 ft tall rolling scaffold to remove duct work as part of an asbestos remediation project. the scaffold had to be moved occasionally and the workers had been instructed to remain seated during this procedure. at the time of the accident employee #1 decided to stand and to hang onto the duct work as the scaffold moved. when he finally let go he fell backward to the floor striking his head and sustaining a small laceration on his elbow from hitting a piece of metal. the scaffold had no guardrails.

at about 9:00 a.m. on august 22 1995 employee #1 a 43-year-old asbestos removal worker of westair technology inc. was removing asbestos at a military facility in san diego. the work was being performed in a 3 ft trench where a large steam line lies under a street. employee #1 stepped on a pipe support bracket that broke under his weight and caused a pipe to fall and strike his left ankle. other workers in the vicinity lifted the pipe off his leg and he was then taken to the employer's medical clinic where he was diagnosed with a fractured ankle. employee #1 will be off work approximately 4 to 6 months as a result of the accident. no one witnessed the accident. the company specializes in asbestos and lead abatement. employee #1 was a union-trained insulation worker and had several years experience removing asbestos. ladders were available for use but employee #1 elected not to move the ladder down the trench.

on or about june 6 1995 to july 27 1995 at northridge peppertree condominiums in northridge ca employees #1 through #10 were exposed to asbestos during removal of approximately 1 660 square feet of friable acoustical asbestos ceiling material. the employees were without protection.

a laborer performing asbestos removal work was pulling a deenergized electric cable from some conduit. he opened the rear panel of a large electrical cabinet so that he could pull the cable. the employee was not using electrical protective equipment and the circuit had not been deenergized. the laborer contacted 480-volt circuit parts within the cabinet and was electrocuted.

an asbestos abatement worker was clearing access to a work space where he was to install a plywood containment enclosure. he needed to move an electric cable to get it out of the way. the 277-volt cable was energized and the employee was electrocuted when he cut into it with bolt cutters.

on september 21 2008 employee #1 along with coworkers #1 #2 and #3 were tearing down the brick doors to the settling chamber of a kiln. employee #1 was operating the brock a remote controlled hammering machine used to remove bricks while the coworkers were using a water hose to spray and cool the product as it came out of the settling chamber. coworker #1 heard a faint "tha- thunk" sound looked back and saw that a large cloud of ash coming towards him. he then ran out of harms way. employees #1 and coworkers #2 and #3 did not see the cloud hot ash and were totally engulfed by it. the employee and coworkers #2 and #3 sustained second and third degree burns were transported to the integris baptist burn center in oklahoma city. employee #1 died seven days later. note: there is only one injury line but three employees were injured in this accident.

on october 3 2006 employee #1 was on the seventh floor of an electric power generation facility cleaning fly ash from a hopper inside a bunker. the hopper which collected fly ash from a boiler had become blocked. employee #1 and two coworkers entered the bunker through a portal and the guardrail was opened so the two coworkers could run a flex hose into the hopper to vacuum the fly ash to a truck. employee #1 was dislodging ash in the hopper the ash engulfed him. he died of asphyxia. the crew was not using safety harnesses nor were any of them attached to lifelines.

at approximately 10:30 a.m. on may 13 2005 the damper for a flue gas desulfurization (fgd) by-pass duct cycled between open and closed successively. this cycling created a disruption and turbulence in the air flowing through the duct. this in turn caused a large amount of fly ash to be knocked loose and blown into a work space enveloping everyone inside the by-pass duct. in the process of evacuating the area many of the employees inhaled the fly ash which caused lung irritations. the accident resulted in nine employees being transported to local area hospitals with three employees being admitted for observation and further treatment. a review and investigation of the work area determined that the controls for the damper were not identified and isolated to prevent inadvertent operation.

five employees of a scaffolding company were building a scaffold inside the combustion chamber of a fluidized bed boiler. the boiler had been shut down due to a tube leak. residual ash was left in the particle return system. the employees were testing in order to locate the leak when water entered the particle return system and came in contact with the hot ash. this caused an eruption of steam and ash. employee #1 sustained burns on 90 percent of his body and died. employee #2 sustained second- and third-degree burns on 80 percent of his body. employee #3 sustained second- and third-degree burns on 60 percent of his body. employee #4 sustained burns on 30 percent of his body. employees #2 3 and 4 were hospitalized. employee #5 was not hospitalized.

at around 10:00 p.m. on november 10 2013 employee #1 with villager construction inc. with a coworker were using an asphalt milling machine (wirtgen; model number: w2100) to grind out existing asphalt from an interstate at a railroad bridge overpass. employee # 1 was standing on the ground checking the depth of the cut into the asphalt using a handheld pendant attached to the machine. the pedant could stretch out from ten to 15 ft. this allowed employee #1 to walk back and forth checking the cut. the operator was on the top of the milling machine controlling the operation of the machine and ensuring that the milling machine and dump truck (driven by a second coworker who worked for an independent trucking service) kept a safe working distance. a different company protective services inc. (psi) was responsible for the traffic control of the job site and had shut down the inside lane of a three lane section of the interstate so that work could be conducted on that lane. the entire work zone was approximately two miles long from start to finish. employee #1 and the operator of the milling machine had completed milling four sections (eight total passes) of the inside lane at the bridge overpasses and were waiting for psi to shut down the center lane. dual lane shut down of the inside and center lanes of the interstate was completed around 9:30 p.m. and employee #1 and the milling machine operator milled two sections (four total passes) of the center lane. once both sides of the overpass were milled out approximately 200 ft on each side employee #1 and the operator of the milling machine moved the milling machine down the interstate approximately1 000 ft to a railroad overpass and began setting up to mill the center lane sections. the truck driver backed his truck into position and remained in the truck to move the truck slowly forward as milling took place. employee #1 was positioned between the milling machine and the concrete median dividers inside the coned off work zone. the lanes of travel were approximately 12 ft wide so the milling machine made two passes since it can only cut seven ft wide on each section to cover the entire lane. employee #1 was standing approximately three ft in the far inside lane on the ground between milling machine and interior median wall inside of the approved traffic control set up and approximately midway up the machine and 17 ft from the traffic control devices and flow of traffic. the milling machine was approximately nine ft wide by 50 ft long while operating. employee #1 was guarded by the machine from the flow of traffic. approximately five to ten minutes into the first pass the milling machine operator noticed lights hitting the reflectors on the inside wall and turned briefly to see a vehicle coming. the operator thought it was the project manager coming to check on the status of the project. then the operator realized that the oncoming vehicle was not equipped with a strobe as required in work zones. the operator turned and yelled for employee # 1 to run for safety as a chevrolet tahoe came down the inside lane where employee #1 was standing. the driver of the tahoe continued traveling in the far inside lane of the work zone where employee #1 was struck and thrown some 100 ft from where he was originally standing. the vehicle was moving approximately 45 mph per hour. as he was transferred to a hospital by emergency personnel employee #1 was treated for severe trauma lacerations fractures and contusions to the body and head. employee #1 was pronounced dead at the hospital. the driver of the vehicle disregarded the traffic control set up all warning lights on the rear of the milling machine and cone spacing of 100 ft. the construction work zone was set up correctly with all signage cone spacing tapering attenuators and lighting; all of the traffic control set up was approved by mutcd for this type of tr

at approximately 1:45 p.m. on august 27 2013 employee #1 with robert a. bothman inc. was working behind a parked three-axle dump truck. he was working with a coworker and an independent contractor and was repairing the asphalt pavement. the truck reportedly was parked on a pathway near the top of a small hill that connected the track and field area to the main campus of the school where they were working. the driver of the truck reported that he: parked the truck; set the brake; exited the vehicle; and was at the rear of the truck where the group of workers was repairing the asphalt pavement. then the truck began to roll backwards down the hill. employee #1 was unable to get out of the path of the truck and was struck by the vehicle. all of the witnesses reported that employee #1 was obviously dead from the injuries he sustained. based upon the evidence gathered during the investigation the employer did not ensure that the vehicle was under positive control at all times by ensuring that the parking brake was set and the wheels were chocked or otherwise effectively prevented from movement by effective mechanical means.

at approximately 12:00 p.m. on august 22 2013 employee #1 a heavy equipment operator employed by all american asphalt was operating an asphalt roller on hot road material as part of a freeway on-ramp paving project. he began to experience dizziness nausea and weakness. employee #1 who had begun his shift at approximately 6:30 a.m. took his first break and drank about a cup (paper cone cup) of water. he then resumed operating the asphalt roller. at approximately 12:30 p.m. employee #1's symptoms of dizziness nausea and weakness intensified and he was unable to continue working. employee #1 managed to walk to a pickup truck where coworker #1 employed by a subcontractor was sitting. employee #1 asked for assistance. coworker #1 called a manager provided water to employee #1 and allowed employee #1 to cool down in the pickup truck with the air conditioner running. emergency medical services were called. upon arrival they began treating employee #1 by administering iv fluids. employee #1 then was transported by ambulance to riverside county regional medical center where he was admitted and treated for heat related illness. employee #1 was discharged from the hospital the following afternoon august 23 2013. the employer reported this incident to cal/osha at approximately 6:05 p.m. on august 22 2013. cal/osha's investigation determined that all american asphalt was primarily engaged in the construction of roads streets freeways alleys public sidewalks guardrails parkways and airports. employee #1 had been employed by all american asphalt for approximately six days. however prior to the day of the incident he had not been assigned to work a full shift out in the field. a high temperature of 99 degrees fahrenheit was recorded on august 22 2013.

on july 1 2013 employee #1 was the designated hot lugger in a roofing project using hot liquid asphalt. after filling up the barrel on the roof with the hot asphalt the employee tripped slipped and lost his footing causing the hot liquid asphalt to spill out of the barrel and onto his face and hands. employee #1's face shield had fallen off and the liquid got inside his gloves. employee #1 was taken by ambulance to the burn unit at a local hospital where he was treated for burns to his face and hands. the employee remains hospitalized.

an incident occurred as employee #1s was working painting a roof when he slipped near the peak of the roof and slid to the edge falling to the concrete and asphalt drive below. a coworker attempted to grab employee #1 but was unsuccessful. employee #1 was taken to a local area hospital suffering two broken legs from the fall.

on january 2 2013 employee #1 a carpenter employed by chiaramonte construction company was operating a power buggy to transport stones from a residential housing construction site to a dumping area. the dumping area was located approximately 2 000 feet away on fire department property. the employee stood on the operating platform of the power buggy and drove the buggy approximately 500 feet on a public county roadway. the buggy nose-dived and catapulted the employee approximately 10 feet in the air. the employee landed in the asphalt culvert along the right side of the roadway in front of the fire department. fire department personnel witnessed and responded to the event. the employee was flown by life flight to a hospital shock trauma facility. he was hospitalized and treated for head trauma lacerations to the scalp that required five stitches and a torn tendon in his left knee that required surgery. investigation determined that the power buggy was operated on a 6-degree slope on a public county road whereas the operator's manual did not permit the buggy to be driven on public roadways. the manual specified a maximum buggy speed of 7 mph and the operator was traveling at approximately 5 mph. the operator was hauling large rocks an activity not permitted by the buggy manufacturer. the operator's manual states that the buggy is intended to haul only free-flowing material. the employee was not trained in the safe operation of the power buggy.

at approximately 1:15 p.m. on november 7 2012 employee #1 a 26-year-old male with pioneer contractors inc. was working at a multi-employer construction project of a new construction of a hospital complex encompassing approximately seven acres. pioneer contractors inc. had a written contract with the general contractor to install approximately 17 000 square feet of built-up type roofing system on the central utility plant building of the kaiser hospital project. employee #1 was transferring molten roofing tar from a pitch kettle to a metal five-gallon tar bucket. the bottom of the tar bucket became stuck to the roof. as employee #1 attempted to work the tar bucket loose from the roof some of the molten tar spilled over to the top of the tar bucket and down into employee #1's glove. employee #1 received serious burn injuries to his right wrist and hand in the event. employee #1 was initially taken to kaiser hospital in oakland california for treatment of his injury and then transferred to st. francis hospital in san francisco california for further treatment. employee #1 sustained serious burns to his right hand and wrist that required more than 24 hours of hospitalization. based upon the documentary evidence gathered during the investigation it was concluded that the personal protective equipment did not eliminate preclude or mitigate the hazard of molten roofing tar spilling down employee #1's glove. this resulted in serious burns to his wrist and hand. the employer was a roofing contractor with approximately 13 years of experience and with eight employees on the job-site. employee #1 was not a manager or supervisor and was working within his trade and at the task assigned to him.

at approximately 9:58 a.m. on october 8 2012 at the time of the accident employee #1 told the inspector he was in the elevated dump box of dump truck cleaning the corners of the dump box of asphalt material by shoveling the asphalt to the chute ditch gate. employee #1's coworker stated that he was in the truck cab while employee #1 was cleaning and shoveling the asphalt material in the dump box. employee #1 said that he was given a signal to move forward and when he engaged the truck's engine and began to move employee #1 lost his footing and fell out of the dump truck box to the roadway surface. employee #1 was taken to a local hospital where he spent more than a day. employee #1 suffered multiple fractures due to this accident.

at 2:00 p.m. on october 3 2012 employee #1 employed by western states roof systems inc. an industrial and commercial roofing systems contractor was doing roofing work with six coworkers at a commercial building site. employee #1 was on the roof and carrying two 5-gallon buckets of asphalt for delivery to his coworkers. his shoes became stuck by the wet sticky asphalt that was stained on the roof. he lost his balance and fell forward. the hot asphalt he was carrying splashed on his left forearm. he was hospitalized and treated for third degree chemical burns to his forearm. the employer reported this accident to cal/osha's los angeles office at 4:20 p.m. on october 4 2012. employee #1 had been hired as a laborer by the company at the end of august 2012. his job duties included delivering buckets of asphalt and other building materials to his coworkers and performing other general construction site labor. he was covered by the employer's workers' compensation insurance policy.

at approximately 12:00 p.m. on september 6 2012 employee #1 sustained serious injuries when his left wrist was burned by hot rubberized asphalt. employee #1 was attempting to pour hot rubberized asphalt on to the vertical surface of a planter above ground level. the rubberized asphalt was intended to be waterproofing for the planter. employee #1 was treated and released for severe burns to his wrist and hand from the accident.

on september 26 2013 employee #1 a jobsite superintendent with castlewood consulting llc was operating a track excavator (case cx36b; serial number: ndtn63778). he was still in the cab of the excavator when he attempted to drive past the corner of the house under construction. employee #1 had opened the door of the cab to judge the distance between the house and the excavator and he either hit the controls to move forward or the excavator shifted in the mud. employee #1 was pinned between the house and the excavator. when coworkers extricated him it was too late to save his life. the excavator was rented for this contractor and employee #1 was the only employee on this construction site who worked for this contractor. the employer had not provided training to employee #1.

on september 10 2013 employee #1 and coworker #1 employed by a heavy construction contractor specializing in demolition and other site preparation were engaged in demolishing a commercial building. the building's structure consisted of concrete floors columns panels and metal beams. the building had three stories with a total height of 69 feet. the two workers were operating excavators to demolish columns and bays and drop them to the ground. on the previous day they had left an overhang of concrete from three bays. on the morning of september 10 2013 coworker #1 continued to demolish columns while employee #1 used his excavator to break up concrete on the ground. coworker #1 used his excavator to pull down a column. the overhanging concrete fell to the ground crushing employee #1 and killing him. this fatality was investigated by minnesota osha. at the time of this report mnosha had proposed three serious citations for the employer and no citations for the general contractor.

at approximately 9:25 a.m. on august 20 2013 employee #1 of tysons service corporation was working as part of a three-person crew assigned to demolish an existing single-family home. the employer had been contracted to perform the demolition in preparation for the construction of a new home. the work crew had arrived on site at 7:30 a.m. to disconnect the water and sewer lines to the house and cap them off. at approximately 9:25 a.m. the crew was digging a trench the length of the carport in an attempt to locate the sewer line extending from the house. according to the subsequent investigation employee #1 apparently was in an unsupported 14-foot 8-inch deep trench and using a probe to locate the sewer line. the trench wall collapsed on top of employee #1. emergency services were called. fairfax county fire & rescue responded and found only the victim's left hand exposed above the soil surface. the officer in charge evaluated the scene pronounced that employee #1 was dead and determined that it was now a recovery operation. the fairfax county fire & rescue department utilized the technical rescue team to recover the victim. employee #1 was recovered from the trench collapse at 5:15 p.m. on august 20 2013.

on august 19 2013 employee #1 a carpenter employed by medallion security door & window company of maryland inc. was performing excavation work at a residential worksite. he was working in a 30-inch diameter 7-foot 2-inch deep excavation. the excavation collapsed and completely buried him. employee #1 was pronounced dead at the scene. the subsequent investigation established asphyxia as the immediate cause of death.

at approximately 12:50 p.m. on november 14 2011 employee #1 and coworkers were involved in a hydrostatic testing project which required the excavation of a street to remove and replace faulty high-pressure valves. a request was given to retrieve an end shore jack in the excavation site. employee #1 choked a lifting strap around the middle of the end shore jack where a hook on a backhoe was to be connected. a coworker operated the backhoe. as employee #1 positioned the hook on the strap the backhoe operator moved the hoist up which suddenly jerked the hook and the strap upward. employee #1's left thumb was caught between the hook and the strap amputating the tip of his thumb. the backhoe operator reported that he could not clearly see employee #1; however other employees stated otherwise. further one of the employees stated that employee #1 was standing on the pipe above the jack being removed so the top of his head was at the street level. after the incident employee #1 was transported to a medical center where he underwent procedures for finger amputation and was hospitalized for postoperative care.

on october 25 2010 three male construction workers (ages ranging 31-51) were riding the load line of a hoist while in the process of installing a new antennae on a communication tower. the mast that the upper block was attached to catastrophically failed plunging the three workers (employees #1 #2 and #3) 20-30 ft. to the ground. all was hospitalized; two with fractures and the third with multiple cuts and lacerations

on may 19 2009 employee #1 may have inadvertently installed the winch cable hook to the safety cable as opposed to the transition plate of the hoist cables where it should have been attached. because this equipment was being attached inside a light pole most of the installation was accomplished through touch because visibility was limited. since the safety cable was also attached to the transition plate employee #1 may have thought the winch hook was properly installed and holding the hoist cables. later when he reached into the light pole to release the winch hook from where he thought it was attached it slid down the safety cable under sufficient tension and severely injured the fourth and fifth fingers of his left hand. employee #1 was transported to a medical center where he underwent treatment including amputations of the severely injured fingers and was released.

at approximately 1:06 p.m. on january 21 2008 employee #1 was working at the construction site of a new four-story steel-framed parking structure in los angeles ca. at the time of the accident the construction was at the second level. employee #1 and another ironworker were standing on a 14 ft 7 in. high beam to connect another beam. as that beam was swung in employee #1 was knocked off balance and began to fall. he was wearing an appropriate fall protection harness that was tied to a moveable beam clamp. the beams in the structure have waists cut into their end points for stress relief that the workers refer to as "dog bones". because they are narrower at this point the beam clamps can slide off them. this is what happened when employee #1 lost his balance. the clamp came off and as he fell he first grabbed onto the beam to slow his descent. he landed feet first and was transported to the hospital as a precautionary measure. employee #1 suffered minor contusions and was released after approximately 4 hours. after the accident the employer decided to use chokers in place of beam clamps.

at approximately 10:19 a.m. on december 12 2007 employee #1 a painter was painting the walls on the north side of a two-story home. he climbed to the third level of a scaffold to prep a section of the wall. as he climbed down and leaned against the back rail it gave way and he fell over 20 ft to the grass lawn. employee #1 was transported by hall ambulance to kern medical center in bakersfield ca. employee #1 later stated that a connector hook on the back railing was disconnected from a scaffold upright which would have weakened the supporting capacity of the railing. at the time of the accident employee #1 was working with or near a coworker and his immediate supervisor. subsequent investigation concluded that the supervisor did not perform a thorough survey of the site to assess the hazards and take appropriate action. the employer was cited for a violation of construction safety order 1511(b).

at approximately 9:15 a.m. on november 26 2007 employee #1 an ironworker was at floor t8 section d of the fontainebleau las vegas structure which was under construction. he was preparing a vertical rebar column to set a trim beam in place; he was using his positioning hook which was connected to a #8 rebar/dowel approximately 5 in. from the top. employee #1's feet were approximately 50 in. up the column above the working surface of floor t8. he he was cutting a #4 rebar band that had been holding a hair pin when his positioning hook displaced. employee #1 fell backward approximately 4 ft landing on a steel picking eye on the trim beam that was protruding up from the surface of the floor below. he sustained a fracture of his l1 vertebra. employee #1 was transported by emergency services to umc hospital where he was treated and released that same day.

at approximately 8:35 p.m. on october 30 2007 employee #1 a laborer was working with a forklift operator to transport 8 000 lb k-rails westbound on route 10 in redlands ca. the coworker was operating a sky trak variable reach rough terrain forklift truck model 10042 serial #13322 with a 10 000 lb maximum load capacity while employee #1 was assisting on the ground. the 20 ft long by 32 in. high k-rails were 24 in. wide at the bottom narrowing to 6 in. wide at the top. each rail had two 2 in. high by 23.5 in. wide scupper or fork pockets that were 8 ft apart. the k-rail also had two 4 in. diameter lifting holes located 12 in. from the top and 3 ft 9 in. from each end.they were using approximately 41 lb c-shaped k-rail hooks manufactured by don de cristo concrete accessories code krhook to pick up and move the k-rails. the approximately 22 in. by 16 in. by 3/4 in. thick hooks easily slid under the k-rail's 2 in. high scupper holes. at the time of the accident the load had reached its destination and was placed on the ground. employee #1 removed the hooks from the k-rail lifting holes and they dropped to the ground between the forklift and the k-rail. the coworker was not aware that the left hook had become wedged under the left scupper and he boomed up and moved the forklift back. this caused the k-rail to flip over in the direction where employee #1 was standing. the left corner of the k-rail crushed his left leg below the knee. he was transported to loma linda university medical center where he was hospitalized for two weeks.

on september 28 2005 employee #1 a bulldozer operator was operating his bulldozer when it stalled. a hydraulic line on the front attachment burst and sprayed hydraulic fluid across the exhaust manifold. employee #1's clothing was ignited and he was burned. he was hospitalized and later died.

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