Caretti, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Incident on Oct 31, 2001: Employee is injured in fall while unloading boxes

On October 31, 2001, Employee #1, a brick/stonemason, was unloading boxes from a n elevated pallet in the back of a truck approximately 7-feet above ground. Whil e unloading, Employee #1 lost his balance and fell over the side rails of the tr uck, landing on the ground. Employee #1 fractured and lacerated the right side o f his skull and bruised the right side of his ribs. Employee #1 was hospitalized for one night at Baltimore Shock Trauma Center.

Incident on Jul 21, 1993: Employee suffers lacerations in fall from scaffold

At approximately 6:30 a.m. on July 22, 1993, Employee #1, a mason tender for Car etti, Inc., climbed down from the second buck onto the first buck of a tubular w elded frame scaffold. While on the first buck, he fell approximately 6 ft. A wit ness said that the five scaffold planks on the first buck did not extend over th eir end supports and that the employee walked off the planks. The employee suffe red a laceration to the left rear of his head, which required two stitches, and a laceration to his right leg approximately 8 in. above the ankle, which require d three stitches. The employer has a safety rule that prohibits ladder or scaffo lding misuse. Employee #1 said that the foreman talks to the employees each day about scaffold safety. No ppe was required.