Badger Daylighting Corp.: OSHA inspections and violations

Incident on Apr 27, 2018: Employee is shocked/burned when boom strikes power lines

At 12:00 p.m. on April 27, 2018, Employee #1, employed by an excavation services company, was operating a boom truck to hydro-wash an agricultural standpipe. As he raised the boom, it struck against overhead power lines transmitting 12,000 kilovolts of electricity. Employee #1 sustained flash burns to his body. Emergency services transported the employee to the hospital, where he was admitted and treated for electrical shock and burns.

Incident on Sep 12, 2012: Employee injures back in slip and fall

At approximately 9:00 a.m. on September 12, 2012, Employee #1, a machine operato r, was standing on top of a 36 in. gas pipe located in a hole 14 ft in the groun d. While extracting dirt from the bottom of the hole using a hydro vacuum pipe, Employee #1 slipped and fell 6 ft. Employee #1 was removed from the hole by the local fire department. Employee #1 was transported to San Jose Regional Hospital , where he was treated for unspecified back injuries. Employee #1 was not hospit alized.