Arc Construction Services, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Incident on Jun 30, 2008: Employee sustains lacerations in fall from roof

Employees were removing the existing air handler unit by cutting it into smaller pieces on the rooftop using an electric saw. Employees would then take the piec es to the edge of the rooftop and throw them approximately 13 ft 6 in. to the gr ound. The employees had a horizontal rope installed by tying one end to a concre te column, then running the rope approximately 60 ft across the rooftop and wrap ping it around two vent pipes. The employees were wearing safety harnesses while working near the edge of the rooftop throwing the old air handler pieces to the ground. Employee #1 was not secured to the life line and when throwing a piece of equipment down to the ground he lost his footing and fell approximately 13 ft 6 in., landing on a piece of debris. Employee #1 sustained unspecified lacerati ons and was hospitalized.

Incident on Dec 1, 2004 (fatal): Employee falls from elevation

On December 1, 2004, Employee #1 and three coworkers working as laborers were as signed to remove sections of steel beams, conduit pipes, and metal plates from t he west walls of the fifth floor of an old grain refinery building. Employee #1 was the lead person, and decided he and his coworker should cut the steel out fi rst. Before removing the steel beams, Employee #1 and his coworkers repositioned the mobile scaffold to where they wanted make the first cut on the steel beams. The four wheels were locked in place and placed on top of plywood squares. Empl oyee #1 climbed up onto the scaffold frame to the top of the work platform. Once on the top platform Employee #1 pulled up the cutting torch with a piece of rop e, he proceeded to cut four different sections of steel beams and dropped them t o the floor. Employee #1 cut the fifth section it did not fall. On the third hit Employee #1 was cutting and hitting the struck the 6 feet long steel beam with the sledgehammer to dislodge it, it fell horizontally to the floor bounced appro ximately 30 inches hitting one corner wheel of the scaffold, knocking it back on e foot hitting the scaffold causing Employee #1 to lose his balance falling to t he concrete floor face first and hitting his head. Two coworkers ran over to Emp loyee #1 to assist him. Emergency rescue squad arrived and proceeded to work on the employee. Employee #1 died at the scene.