EC Babbert Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Incident on Nov 3, 2017: Employee is struck by falling pipe and incurs multiple injur

At 1:30 p.m. on November 3, 2017, Employee #1 and Coworker #1, employed by a concrete products company, were working at a multiemployer residential construction project. They were installing the base for a pumping station. Coworker #1 was using a sling connected to a truck-mounted crane to lower a 13-foot section of 4-inch ductile iron pipe when the pipe slipped out of the sling and struck Employee #1. Emergency services were called, and Employee #1 was transported to the hospital. He was admitted and treated for multiple injuries including fractures to his arm and pelvis. He also had lacerations and contusions to his head and torso.

Incident on Mar 5, 2004 (fatal): Employee is crushed and killed when pinned between two tanks

On March 5, 2004, an employee was pinned between a 7,500 lbs septic tank on a fo rklift and a 7,500 lbs septic tank in storage. The employee drove up close to th e other tank to offload it, dismounted the forklift while it was running and the loaded 6 to 7 inches off the ground, to place 4 by 4's under each side of the t ank. Employee was found pinned between the two tanks. There were no witnesses to the accident. Investigation revealed that the operator did not lower the forks prior to dismounting the lift.