AR Pipeline: OSHA inspections and violations

Incident on Jun 12, 2023 (fatal): Employee is killed in fall from height

At 10:20 a.m. on June 12, 2023, an employee of AR Pipeline was assigned to install sheet metal roofing to a shade structure at a school. The employee was working at a height of approximately 8 feet 3 inches. He was using a defective ladder to access the top of the shade structure. The employee somehow fell off an awning structure or the ladder and impacted a concrete surface. Accident-related citations were not issued. The employee sustained blunt head trauma resulting in his death.

Incident on Mar 11, 2013: Worker sustains multiple injuries when trench collapses

At approximately 2:15 p.m. on March 11, 2013, Employee #1, a construction labore r employed by A.R. Pipeline, Inc., was working as part of a six-person crew layi ng pipe across a road in Agoura Hills, CA. Employee #1 and Coworker #1 were assi gned to dig by hand around gas lines in an approximately 4-foot to 5-foot deep e xcavation. The west side of the excavation caved in. A large piece of slurry str uck Employee #1. Coworkers #2 and #3 came and pulled Employee #1 out of the tren ch. A call was placed to 911. Because Employee #1 was having difficulty breathin g, an ambulance transported him to a park, from where he was airlifted to the Ro nald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. He was admitted and treated for injuries that i ncluded multiple rib fractures to his left and right sides, a left scapular frac ture, a left pneumothorax contusion, and multiple pulmonary contusions. He requi red hospitalization for 11 days. The Los Angeles Fire Department notified Cal/OS HA of this event at 3:34 p.m. on March 11, 2013. Cal/OSHA's Van Nuys Office init iated an inspection at 4:35 p.m. on March 11, 2013. Interviews were conducted wi th Employee #1's coworkers and supervisors. The investigation determined that A. R. Pipeline, Inc. is a general contractor specializing in pipeline work. The co mpany employs between 20 and 25 employees. Based on its investigation, Cal/OSHA issued a Serious Accident Related citation for CCR, Title 8, 1541.1(a); a Seriou s citation for CCR, Title 8, 1541(k)(1); General citations for 1509(a), 1509(c), 1512(b), 1512(c), 1524(a)(1), 1524(a)(2), 1527(a), and 3395(f)(3); and a Regula tory citation for CCR, Title 8, 14300.29(a).