BMC West LLC: OSHA inspections and violations

Incident on Mar 9, 2019: Employee incurs multiple injuries in fall

At about 9:00 a.m. on March 8, 2019, Employee #1 was securing framing on a residential construction site. Employee #1 was kneeling on the top-plate of the framing when he lost his balance and fell approximately 9.5 feet to the concrete slab below. Employee #1 suffered a head laceration, rib fracture, hand fracture, compressed disk in neck with slight fracture, and shoulder injury and was hospitalized.

Incident on Mar 25, 2019: Employee falls from ladder and breaks wrist

At 8:45 a.m. on March 25, 2019, Employee #1 and a coworker, employed by a framing contractor, were engaged in the construction of a new residential building. They were assigned to cut an excess L-shaped wall measuring 1 foot high by 16 feet long. Employee #1, working from an extension ladder, used a Milwaukee Sawzall saw to cut the short portion of the wall and then continued holding the wall, which was not otherwise supported or braced. The coworker, standing on an 8-foot A-Frame ladder, used a DeWalt reciprocating saw to cut the long portion of the excess wall. As the coworker was completing his last cut, his saw bound up, and the wall shifted. The wall struck Employee #1's head, causing him to fall from the ladder, a fall height of approximately 5 feet. Employee #1 was transported to the hospital, where he was admitted for treatment of a fractured wrist sustained in the fall.

Incident on Sep 7, 2018: Employee operating circular saw lacerates leg

At 11:00 a.m. on September 7, 2018, Employee #1, employed by a construction company, was engaged in carpentry work at the site of a new residential structure. He was operating a circular saw and cutting wood into blocks. The employee was holding the wood in one hand and the saw in the other. The saw kicked back and the blade struck the employee's left leg. Emergency services transported the employee to the hospital, where he was admitted and treated for a deep laceration to the leg.

Incident on Jul 2, 2018: Employee falls from ladder when struck by forklift and fract

At 1:30 p.m. on July 2, 2018, an employee was working from an extension ladder (Werner aluminum extension ladder) to install strapping using a pneumatic nail gun. While the employee was working, a coworker, operating a forklift (X-Treme, Model 1255 rough terrain forklift), backed into the ladder the employee was working from while trying to remove a dumpster from the area. The employee then fell approximately fourteen feet and landed on a pile of lumber. The employee was hospitalized for multiple fractures to his right leg and ankle. ankle.

Incident on Mar 27, 2018: Employee driving material handler catches bandage wrapped ar

At 5:15 p.m. on March 27, 2018, Employee #1, employed by a construction framing company, was working at a new residential construction site. He was operating a JLG/Gradall material handler and loading a truss package onto a top plate. Nylon banding he had wrapped around his left hand became caught by one of the lift's tires, and he sustained a hand avulsion. Emergency services were called, and Employee #1 was transported to the hospital, admitted, and treated for the hand injury.

Incident on Feb 26, 2018: Employee dismantling scaffold falls and breaks wrists

At 9:00 a.m. on February 26, 2018, Employee #1, employed by a construction company, was working at a construction site for two new two-story residences. He was dismantling a metal scaffold, standing on the second level and removing the third level's 6-foot long frame. As he lifted the frame and proceeded to throw it to the ground, a pin attached to the frame became entangled in his sweater. As the frame fell, Employee #1 was pulled from the scaffold and fell, a fall height of 12 feet. Emergency services were called, and Employee #1 was transported to the hospital. He was admitted and treated for fractures to both wrists.

Incident on Dec 20, 2017: Employee falls from top plate and incurs head trauma

At 9:50 a.m. on December 20, 2017, Employee #1, employed by a construction company, was working at a multiemployer construction project for a four-story commercial building. He was walking on the double top plate and marking joists in preparation for installing metal bracing when he fell to the floor below, a fall height of approximately 10 feet, and struck his head. Emergency services were called, and Employee #1 was transported to the hospital. He was admitted and treated for a traumatic head injury.

Incident on Aug 30, 2017: Worker falls through opening and injures lung and spine

At 10:20 a.m. on August 30, 2017, Employee #1, employed by a construction company, was engaged in framing work at a multiemployer construction project, a three-story building. He was working from the second floor and attempting to nail a plywood board on the third floor joists. As he was walking backward, Employee #1 fell through an opening and landed on the first floor, a fall height of 10 feet 3 inches. Emergency services were called, and Employee #1 was transported to the hospital. He was admitted and treated for a right lung contusion and a minor spinal injury.

Incident on Sep 12, 2012: Employee hand is injured in a truss machine

At approximately 5:30 a.m. on September 12, 2012, Employee #1, a Crew Lead Perso n, was working using an alpine truss machine (Model Number 747A, Serial Number 7 47A04003-000). The employee's right hand was caught in the pinch-point of the tr uss machine causing lacerations to the index and middle fingers. Employee #1 was taken to an area hospital, where he was treated and released.

Incident on Jan 6, 1993: Employee's finger amputated in radial arm saw

Employee #1, of BMC West, was operating a radial arm saw. He had the guard adjus ted above the worked piece at a height outside the manufacturer's recommendation of 1/4 in. or the height of the fence, whichever is higher. As Employee #1 was manufacturing a two-angled web piece with the guard out of adjustment, his left hand was pulled into the saw and his finger was amputated. Employee #1 required hospitalization.