Grant Construction, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Incident on Jun 18, 2010: Employee is injured in fall from scaffold

On June 18, 2010, an employee, a carpenter, was installing a carpenter's bracket scaffold manufactured by JAX Scaffold Systems at a two story multiple unit new construction project. The scaffold collapsed when the blocking to which the hang ing bracket was secured failed, resulting in the employee falling 16 feet. The e mployee was hospitalized and treated for multiples fractures The blocking was fo und to be attached by two diagonally driven nails into the studs. The cause for the scaffold collapse was determined to be the hanging bracket that was not secu red to an adequately strong structure member in compliance with 8CCR 1645(e)(2)( D) and the manufacturers' installation guide.

Incident on Jun 25, 2007: Employee's knee is injured by nail fired from nail gun

At 2:30 p.m. on June 25, 2007, Employee #1, a framer, was working at a construct ion site of new homes. He was using a Hitachi 3.25-inch nailer, Model Number NR8 3A2, to install 2-inch by 4-inch backing on trusses inside a house. Employee #1 was on a beam and moved from one position to another. This caused him to lose hi s balance, but he did not fall. His finger was on the trigger of the pneumatic n ail gun. As Employee #1 caught himself, the nail gun apparently brushed against his leg and a nail fired into his knee. Employee #1 was transported to the hospi tal, where he was hospitalized and treated for five days. The supervisor was wor king in the garage of the same house at the time of the accident.

Incident on Feb 1, 2006: Carpenter is injured in fall from roof

At approximately 2:30 p.m. on February 1, 2006, Employee #1, a carpenter with Gr ant Construction, Inc., was descending from the 10-ft-high roof of a single-fami ly residence under construction. As he stepped off from the roof to the top rung of an 8-ft stepladder, he fell to the ground, landing on construction debris. E mployee #1 was hospitalized at Kern Medical Center for unspecified fractures.

Incident on Jun 14, 2004: Employee shoots leg with nail gun

At approximately 12:00 p.m. on June 16, 2004, Employee #1, a carpenter, was help ing frame a new house. Employee #1 was working from a ladder. A coworker called for a lunch break. Employee #1 placed his nail gun on a ladder rung and started to come down the ladder. The nail gun fell and Employee #1 reached for the nail gun, and had the gun against his right lower leg. Employee #1 accidentally press ed the gun's trigger. The gun fired, and a nail entered Employee #1's tibia. Emp loyee #1 was taken to an emergency room where he was treated for a fractured rig ht tibia and released.