Distribution Construction, LLC: OSHA inspections and violations

Incident on Apr 15, 2010 (fatal): Employee is electrocuted while boring with auger

On 15 April 2010, an employee was operating a soil auger inside a shallow trench . The auger was boring a hole underneath the intersection so that an 8 inch natu ral gas line could be laid. The auger was approximately third of the way across the intersection when the auger struck a 7,200 volt power line, electrocuting th e employee operating the auger.

Incident on May 1, 1989 (fatal): Employee fatally crushed between bulldozer and dump truck

At approximately 12:15 p.m. on May 1, 1989, Employee #1 and another employee wer e attempting to start a John Deere bulldozer. They removed a battery from a dump truck, installed it in the bulldozer, and started the bulldozer. The employees then started to remove the battery from bulldozer to put back in truck. Employee #1 was standing on the track of the machine next to the battery compartment and the other employee was standing in the operator cab. Without warning, the bulld ozer started moving backward at a fast rate of speed. Employee #1 jumped from th e track and ran to the back of the machine seeking an escape route. The back lef t corner of the bulldozer frame struck the employee pinning him between it and t he bed of a dump truck. Employee #1 suffered fatal crushing injuries to his ches t and head.

Incident on Jun 2, 1989: Electric shock - contact with overhead line thru boom

A CREW OF EMPLOYEES WAS DIRECTED TO UNLOAD A TRUCK LOAD OF PIPE NEXT TO A ROAD T HAT WAS ALONGSIDE THE RIGHT OF WAY FOR AN ELECTRIC UTILITY. TWO OF THE EMPLOYEES WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR HOOKING SECTIONS OF PIPE TO A WIRE ROPE SLING ATTACHED TO A LOAD LINE SUSPENDED FROM THE WINCH OF A GALION 12-TON AERIAL LIFT. ONE OF THES E TWO EMPLOYEES WAS STANDING AT THE CAB END OF THE TRUCK BED. THE SECOND EMPLOYE E WAS AT THE OTHER END OF THE TRUCK BED. ABOUT HALF OF THE LOAD HAD BEEN REMOVED FROM THE TRUCK, AND THE EMPLOYEES HAD JUST PLACED THE SLING HOOKS IN THE END OF A SECTION OF PIPE. AT THAT MOMENT, THE BOOM OF THE AERIAL LIFT CONTACTED A 132- KILOVOLT (PHASE-TO-GROUND) OVERHEAD POWER LINE. BOTH EMPLOYEES RECEIVED AN ELECT RIC SHOCK. THE EMPLOYEE AT THE CAB END OF THE TRUCK BED SUFFERED BURNS TO HIS LE FT ARM. THE OTHER EMPLOYEE SUFFERED BURNS ON BOTH FEET. THE EMPLOYEES WERE HOSPI TALIZED.