Fromer Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Incident on Oct 29, 2018: Employee falls from scaffold and sustains multiple injuries

At 11:00 a.m. on October 29, 2018, Employee #1 and coworkers, employed by a framing construction contractor, were working on the construction of a four-story multifamily residential structure. Employee #1 and two coworkers were moving pieces of plywood measuring 4 feet by 8 feet from a fourth floor balcony onto the scaffold work platform Employee #1 was standing on below the balcony. As Employee #1 moved the tenth piece of plywood, it slipped from his hands. As he struggled to prevent the plywood from falling down through the gap between the scaffold and the building, Employee #1 fell from the scaffold work platform to the third floor balcony, a fall height of 6 feet. Employee #1 was transported to the hospital, where he was admitted for treatment of multiple fractured ribs and a collapsed lung.

Incident on Feb 15, 2018: Employee using circular saw cuts finger

At 7:30 a.m. on February 15, 2018, Employee #1, employed by a home builder, was engaged in exterior carpentry work at a four-story multifamily building construction project. He was operating a Skilsaw circular saw, MAG77LT Serial Number 304 742534, and cutting the leg of a truss on the building's roof, when he sustained a laceration to his left hand middle finger. Emergency services were called, and Employee #1 was transported to the hospital, admitted, and treated for the finger laceration. He was hospitalized for six days.