D. Construction, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Incident on Oct 17, 2018: Employee fractures arm and lacerates face in equipment rollo

At 3:30 p.m. on October 17, 2018, an employee was operating a Wacker-Neuson concrete dumpster (Model 3001-S) to transporting soil down a hill to the bike/walking trail the employee was working on. During a downhill trip to the trail to deliver a load of dirt, the concrete dumpster rolled over and landed on top of the employee and the employee was pinned underneath the equipment. The employee received an arm fracture and several facial laceration injuries.

Incident on Jun 10, 2014 (fatal): Employee struck by cover of a wood chipper and is killed

At 11:00 a.m. on June 10, 2014, a 50-year old male employee was feeding brush into a wood chipper. Two other coworkers were also on site processing debris; however, they were not witnesses to the fatal incident. An operating engineer who had been assisting the foreman was returning to his excavator when he found the employee on the ground unresponsive. The employee was transported to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. The Coroner determined the cause of death to be blunt force trauma to the head, neck, and chest. The employee had been struck by the cutter wheel hood of the brush chipper.

Incident on Mar 26, 2007 (fatal): Employee is struck and killed by falling formwork

At approximately 1:15 p.m. on March 26, 2007, Employee #1 was standing on one si de of the formwork to help guide it as it was lowered. The formwork had one end setting on the ground and was being lowered to the ground when the choker cable detached from the swivel hook allowing the formwork to topple over. As the formw ork began to fall the Employee #1 attempted to run to the opposite side and was struck in the head by a section which extended out farther than the main section . That section then landed atop Employee #1's lower body. After the accident it was determined that the choker cable had somehow pushed the safety latch of the swivel hook out past the end of the hook which allowed the choker to disconnect from the hook. Employee #1 was killed.

Incident on Feb 15, 1993 (fatal): Employee crushed to death between truck bed and gate

On February 15, 1993, Employee #1 was attempting to close the side-hinged gate o n a tractor/trailer after dumping a load of rocks that were being used to form a breakwater. A nearby backhoe operator's vision was obstructed by the large pile of rocks that had just been dumped. The operator swung the backhoe bucket to cl ose the gate for Employee #1, but he crushed him to death between the gate and t he bed of the truck.