Gladstone SD 115: OSHA inspections and violations

Incident on Feb 25, 2009: Employee is injured in fall from ladder

On February 25, 2009, a maintenance employee used a 20 foot extension ladder to gain access to a roof of approximately 13 feet 4 inches from ground level. The l adder fell after the employee accessed roof. A teacher and student reset the lad der. When employee stepped onto ladder to get off roof, it collapsed and the emp loyee fell to the pavement below. The employee sustained fractured wrists and th e skull for which he was hospitalized.

Incident on Aug 16, 2004: Employee is injured in fall from elevated walkway

At approximately 10:30 a.m. on August 16, 2004, an employee was nailing a piece of siding onto the side of a temporary building used as a classroom. He and a co worker were standing on individual scaffolds at approximately two feet above a 4 7 inch high elevated four feet wide walkway. A 22 foot long piece of the guardra il in the vicinity of the workers on the walkway had been removed and was replac ed by a piece of yellow warning tape. The employee stepped backward from the sca ffold, took an extra step and fell from the walkway. He hit his head on the asph alt pathway below. He was rendered unconscious and sustained a fractured skull a nd chipped vertebrae. He was hospitalized and treated for his injuries.