Hci Inc: OSHA inspections and violations

Incident on Mar 5, 2016 (fatal): Employee is struck and killed by automobile while performing

At approximately 9:09 a.m. on March 05, 2016, a foreman and two construction workers were removing and pulling out a 40-ft to 45-ft long wooden telephone pole by using a ALTEC Digger Derrick (Serial Number 37-67770) mounted truck on an International truck trailer (Model Number 4700-DTE) facing East and parked on its outriggers. A tow trailer pole carrier was hitched or hooked with the truck at the rear. The single East bound lane was partially encroached that was open to vehicular traffic. The employee had just made an adjustment of metal stakes on the poles carrier tow trailer per instructions of the foreman, who was sitting in the Digger Derrick operating seat. After the employee walked on the rear left side of the Digger Derrick truck, he was struck by a Chevrolet, Model Number HD 2500, Silverado pickup truck traveling east. Upon impact, the employee's body was thrown up on the rear-left side of the Digger Derrick truck and the employee was killed.

Incident on Dec 12, 2003: Employee's fingers are amputated by backhoe bucket

At 9:45 a.m. on December 12, 2003, Employee #1 was the job foreman and a permane nt employee at a firm that installs and maintains communications conduit. He was installing communications conduit in a new area being prepared for future housi ng developments in the City of Hesperia, CA. A fire hydrant had fallen into a cu t-and-cover excavation and damaged a conduit. To make the repairs, Employee #1 c hained a trench box to the bucket of a John Deere model number 410G backhoe-load er, serial number BHO130, and used the bucket to lower the trench box into the e xcavation. Employee #1 then set the bucket, teeth facing downward, on the ground next to the trench box. Employee #1 shut the backhoe down and left it unattende d. He did not, though, completely ground or block the bucket to prevent inadvert ent movement. A ladder was placed in the excavation next to the backhoe bucket. Employee #1 and two coworkers repaired the conduit. The first coworker had alrea dy exited the trench box and was topside as Employee #1 was climbing up the ladd er. Employee #1 placed his left hand on an upper rung and his right hand on the edge of the trench box. As Employee #1 turned his body and looked down toward th e second coworker, the bucket fell on Employee #1's right hand, pinning it betwe en the trench box and the bucket. The bucket did not fall down into the excavati on. Employee #1 told the first coworker how to turn on the backhoe and lift the bucket. Once the bucket was lifted off Employee #1's hand, the second coworker h elped get Employee #1 out of the excavation. Employee #1 sustained crushing inju ries to his right hand. He was hospitalized over 24 hours. The index finger was reconstructed, but the middle, ring, and little fingers had to be surgically amp utated.

Incident on Apr 18, 2003: Employee struck by spinning conduit and injured

On April 18, 2003, Employee #1 and coworkers, of HCI Inc. were installing teleco m conduit in a bore pit. They had finished the boring operation and were startin g to put three 1.25 in. conduits and one 4 in. conduit back through the 140-ft b ore pit. The swivel on the bore momentarily got stuck causing the conduit to spi n which struck Employee #1 and tangled him up in it. He suffered a knee injury w hich required surgery. He was taken to Sierra View Hospital for emergency treatm ent. He was hospitalized and treated for his injuries.