Hahn Framing Inc: OSHA inspections and violations

Incident on Jan 22, 2004: Carpenter is injured in fall from ladder

At about 2:00 p.m. on January 22, 2004, Employee #1, a foreman with Hahn Framing , was framing a residence in Apple Valley, CA. He was on the second or third run g of a 7-ft fiberglass stepladder to cut nails between a top plate and a header with a Sawzall. While Employee #1 was shifting position, the saw swung around an d struck his forehead. He then lost his balance, fell off the ladder, and landed on a concrete floor. Employee #1 was hospitalized for multiple fractures to his right leg and right elbow. There were no witnesses to the accident.

Incident on Dec 2, 2003: Employee arm is cut by saw

At approximately 8:30 a.m. on November 2, 2003, Employee #1, a carpenter-framer, was working for a residential framing company, suffered a severe laceration to his left wrist when he accidently came in contact with a coasting down skil saw blade. Employee #1 was using a 7.25-in. worm drive craftsman hand held skil saw to cut the last piece of the 2-ft by 4-ft stock being used for the frame header package that was resting on two saw horses. The saw horses fell causing the 2-ft by 4-ft stock to fall and hit the back of Employee #1's leg, knocking him down to his knees. The skil saw was running in down mode with Employee #1's finger of f of the saw's trigger, and his left arm inadvertently hit underneath the skil s aw, grabbed the sleeve his thermal shirt and pulled his arm into the running dow n blade. Employee #1's coworker transported him to the hospital, where he was ho spitalized and treated for his injuries.