Burtech Pipeline Inc: OSHA inspections and violations

Incident on Dec 26, 2018 (fatal): Employee suffers cardiac arrest and dies

At 10:30 a.m. on December 26, 2018, an employee entered an excavation and was clearing dirt from a pre-existing sewer pipeline when he suffered cardiac arrest.

Incident on Feb 16, 2018: Two employees fall into a trench and both sustained injuries

At 12:30 a.m. on February 16, 2018, Employees #1 and #2 and Coworker #1, employed by a public utilities contractor, were working in the far right northbound lane of a four-lane road. They were digging a trench in order to make connections for a 10-inch water line from a new water main to a newly installed hydrant on the sidewalk. Coworker #1, the foreman, was operating a backhoe and digging the trench. Employees #1 and #2 were assisting from the road surface. A municipal work crew was working at a second trench approximately 45 feet north of the contractor's crew. The municipal crew had extended a 2.5-inch fire hose across all four lanes to drain water from an old hydrant. A pickup truck with a street sweeper attachment was travelling southbound. The street sweeper snagged the fire hose and dragged it southbound. The hose struck Employees #1 and #2 and knocked them into the trench. Emergency services were called, and Employees #1 and #2 were transported to the hospital. Employee #1 was hospitalized and treated for fractures to the rib and spine and soft tissue injury to the shoulder. Employee #2 was treated for a fractured right hand and back pain and released without hospitalization. without hospitalization.

Incident on Apr 17, 2017: Employee doing dust control is found unconscious

At 11:45 p.m. on April 17, 2017, Employee #1, employed by a pipeline company, was engaged in dust control at the site of a water pipeline installation along a road. A passerby found Employee #1 unconscious and called for emergency services. Employee #1 was transported to the hospital. He was admitted and treated for a shoulder contusion with some nerve injury. During the subsequent investigation, Employee #1 reported that he had no memory of the event that caused him to lose consciousness, and there were no eyewitnesses. He did report that he had been attempting to connect the water tank trailer to his work truck. He appears to have sustained a struck by injury.

Incident on Aug 30, 2012: Worker amputates tip of finger when dropping equipment

On August 30, 2012, Employee #1, a 43-year-old male laborer with Burtech Pipelin e Inc., was working at a public works project in San Diego. The worksite was a p ublic road where the employer was replacing an underground sewage lines and manh oles. Employee #1 was moving aluminum speed shore rails that were five-feet long from one location to another. Employee #1 was balancing the speed shore on his shoulder. When he went to drop the speed shore on the ground, the mechanism snap ped shut and his finger was in the pinch point. Employee #1 suffered an amputati on of the tip of his left index finger distally from the nail bed, and there wer e bone fractures consistent with a crushing injury. Employee #1 was transported to Scripps Mercy Hospital where he was hospitalized and underwent surgery.