Evans Builders, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Incident on Jul 18, 1986 (fatal): Employee fell through unguarded skylight to cement floor

SEVERAL EMPLOYEES WERE RESKINNING A METAL ROOF WHICH MEASURED 84 FEET BY 48 FEET , AND WAS LOCATED 20 FEET ABOVE A CONCRETE FLOOR. THE ROOF CONTAINED 8 UNCOVERED FIBERGLASS SKYLIGHTS, 11 FEET BY 3 FEET. EMPLOYEE #1, THE FOREMAN, HAD WARNED T HE OTHER EMPLOYEES TO BE CAREFUL AROUND THE SKYLIGHTS. THE JOB WAS 50% COMPLETE. IT WAS A FRIDAY, AND THE EMPLOYEES HAD STARTED TO CLEAN UP. EMPLOYEE #1 DUMPED THE WATER COOLER AND STARTED TO WALK ACROSS THE ROOF. HE STEPPED ONTO A SKYLIGHT AND FELL THROUGH IT TO THE CONCRETE FLOOR. HE DIED OF MASSIVE HEAD INJURIES. TH E SKYLIGHTS WERE NOT COVERED OR OTHERWISE GUARDED, AND WERE PAINTED THE SAME COL OR AS THE ROOF. ALSO, IT WAS FOUND THAT EMPLOYEE #1'S BLOOD ALCOHOL WAS .153.

Incident on Jul 18, 1986: Employee sprayed in eyes by gas nozzle

EMPLOYEE #1 REACHED TO RECEIVE A NOZZLE FROM ANOTHER EMPLOYEE. THE NOZZLE VALVE WAS OPEN, BUT THE PUMP WAS NOT TURNED ON. A THIRD EMPLOYEE TURNED THE PUMP ON, N OT KNOWING THE NOZZLE VALVE WAS OPEN. GASOLINE WAS SPRAYED INTO EMPLOYEE #1'S EY ES.

Incident on Jun 23, 1984: Fall from roof

EMPLOYEES WERE INSTALLING FIBERGLASS INSULATION AND .24 GAGE GALVANIZED SHEETING ON A ROOF THAT HAD A 1/12 PITCH. ROOF MEASURED 100' IN LENGTH AND 40' IN WIDTH. THE HEIGHT FROM GROUND LEVEL TO THE EAVES WAS 16', AND 20' TO THE RIDGE. THERE WERE A TOTAL OF 5 WORKERS ON THE ROOF. THEY WERE ENGAGED IN SETTING THE 100' X 4 ' SECTIONS OF FIBERGLASS INSULATION IN PLACE AND INSTALLING THE SECTIONS OF GALV ANIZED SHEETING (24'-20' IN LENGTH AND 39" IN WIDTH) ON TOP OF THE INSULATION. T HE EMPLOYEES WERE APPROX. 2-3' FROM THE SIDE WHEN SETTING THE NEW INSULATION AND SHEETING. THEY WOULD WORK FROM THE NEW SHEETINGTHEY HAD JUST LAID. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS WORKING AT THE SOUTHEAST SIDE OF THE BUILDING AT THE EAVE INSTALLING A 3 1/2 " ALUMINUM BAND SEALER ON THE EAVE. HE WAS CHECKING TO MAKE SURE THE BAND WAS S ECURED PROPERLY WHEN HIS LEFT FOOT CAUSED THE SHEETING TO BEND. HIS FOOT THEN SL IPPED TO THE OPEN SIDE APPROX 2' AWAY. HE LOST HIS BALANCE AND FELL 16' TO THE C ONCRETE FLOOR BELOW. DURING THE FALL HE STRUCK THE SAG RODS THAT WERE SUPPORTING THE GIRDERS. THIS CAUSED HIM TO FALL BACK DURING THE FALL AND LAND ON HIS BACK. HE WAS THEN TRANSPORTED BY HELICOPTER TO PENNINSULA GENERAL HOSPITAL IN SALISBU RY AND ADMITTED TO INTENSIVE CARE WITH 2 BROKEN RIBS, A MILD CONCUSSION, MULTIPL E BRUISES TO THE HIP AND ELBOWS, A PUNCTURED LUNG AND A LACERATION TO THE HEAD R EQUIRING 9 STITCHES. HE WAS WEARING CANVAS TENNIS SHOES WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURE D. HE INDICATED A LIGHT LUBRICANT HAD BEEN APPLIED TO THE GALVANIZED SHEETING TH AT HE HAD BEEN WORKING ON TO PREVENT RUSTING. NO PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT W AS WORN AT THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT. EMPLOYEE WAS RELEASED FROM THE HOSPITAL ON 6/28/84.