Casper Company: OSHA inspections and violations

Incident on Mar 14, 2011: Employee fractures ankle/foot while deflecting falling beam

At 8:40 a.m. on March 14, 2011, Employee #1 was working at a construction site. As he pushed a falling beam away from a coworker, he fractured his ankle/foot. E mployee #1 was taken to a nearby medical facility, where he was hospitalized and treated for his injury.

Incident on Apr 26, 2005: Employee injured in fall from ladder

At approximately 9:35 a.m. on April 26, 2005, Employee #1 was using a jigsaw to remove an elbow section of pipe that was wrapped with asbestos containing insula tion. Employee #1 had climbed an 8-ft Werner portable fiberglass ladder to get o n top of a duct that was 10 ft above the ground. As Employee #1 was climbing dow n the ladder, he lost his footing and fell off of the ladder from approximately 6.5 feet and hit the ground. Employee #1 called out to a coworker to help him. T he paramedics arrived and transported Employee #1 to Sharp Memorial hospital whe re he was hospitalized for observation.

Incident on Jan 28, 2001: Employee's foot crushed and amputated by excavator

At approximately 9:30 a.m. on January 25, 2001, Employee #1 of Casper Company wa s operating a mini excavator (Bobcat Model Number 331). Employees were in the pr ocess of demolishing concrete prior to installing a cell phone tower. The track on the excavator came loose from the drive mechanism and the employees were atte mpting to repair it in the field. The excavator tipped over crushing Employee #1 's foot when part of the rollover cage landed on it. Employee #1 sustained sever e injuries to his left foot which subsequently required amputation. Employee #1 was hospitalized for his injuries.