Aztec Technology Corporation: OSHA inspections and violations

Incident on May 29, 2019: Employee punctures foot on welding wire

At an unknown time between May 30, 2019 and June 7, 2019, an employee was welding on large steel containers using welding equipment and welding wire when he stepped on a piece of copper welding wire which went through the sole of his boot and into his right foot. The employee did not report the incident and continued working. Eventually the wound got infected and the employee checked himself into a local hospital on June 10, 2019, where he was admitted and treated. The employee suffered an amputation of his right big toe.

Incident on Nov 30, 2011: Employee falls from truck while loading storage units

At approximately 4:00 p.m. on November 30, 2011, Employee #1 was seriously injur ed when he fell off the back of a flat-bed lowboy transport trailer. Employee #1 had delivered a portable storage container for a customer. After unloading the container, Employee #1 had winched another container onto the tilt bed trailer a nd was in the process of connecting a tie down chain to the tension binder, when he fell to the asphalt parking lot surface. After recovering from the fall, Emp loyee #1 drove the truck and trailer back to his employer's lot, and upon arriva l, informed his employer he had fallen and was complaining of a headache. Employ ee #1 was taken to a local hospital for evaluation, and was admitted and treated for a concussion, and hospiatlized.