Innovative Construction Solutions: OSHA inspections and violations

Incident on Nov 10, 2007: Employee's hip fractured in fall from equipment trailer

On November 10, 2007, Employee #1, of Innovative Construction Solutions, Inc., w as off-loading a concrete saw from a small equipment trailer when he fell from t he trailer and fractured his left hip. Employee #1 was transported to the hospit al, where he was treated for three days.

Incident on Dec 21, 2005: Employee fractures leg in fall in concrete pit

At approximately 6:20 a.m. on December 21, 2005, Employee #1 was working for a g eneral engineering contractor that specialized in environmental hazardous waste clean up. Employee #1 was discussing the job with the site superintendent and wi tness, while waiting for a coworker to arrive at the site. The light tower posit ioned inside the building had not been turned on yet, and it was Employee #1's f irst day at the jobsite. Employee #1 stepped over to assess the jobsite and fell into a 95-in. deep by 83-in. wide concrete pit located at the jobsite. Employee #1's Superintendant called 911. Employee #1 was hospitalized and treated for bi lateral femur fractures from the accident. The accident was caused because the c oncrete pit was not guarded by covers or movable standard railings. Employee #1 was an equipment operator, who had worked for the company for four years at the time of accident.