JD2 Incorporated: OSHA inspections and violations

Incident on Aug 20, 2021: Employee with covid-19 infection is not hospitalized

At approximately 10:00 a.m. on August 20, 2021, an employee installing an outdoor metal stair railing was found in a car unresponsive. He tested positive for COVID-19 and was not hospitalized.

Incident on Aug 26, 2019: Employee loses balance, falls, and receives back fracture

At 2:30 p.m. on August 26, 2019, an employee worked at steel erection activities. The employee walked too far from a self-retracting line which tugged at the employee who then lost balance and fell approximately twelve feet. The employee was hospitalized for five days to treat a back fracture.

Incident on Jul 11, 2018: Employee incurs multiple injuries in fall through floor open

At 12:15 p.m. on July 11, 2018, an employee and coworker #1 and coworker #2 where setting up steel decking on a new commercial building. While the employee was working to prepare to place a sheet of steel decking, he fell through an opening in the decking he was standing on. The employee fell 35 feet to the concrete floor and received multiple injuries, including multiple fractures to the right leg and pelvis, a fracture to a vertebra, a ruptured bladder, and a unspecified head injury.

Incident on Mar 6, 2008: Ironworker is injured in fall from steel structure

Two ironworkers, Employees #1 and #2 were working on a steel structure under con struction to install safety cables on the perimeter of the steel building on the second floor. Employee #2 had welded washers to the columns that were erected. Safety cables were then to be attached to these washers. The cables were tighten ed by Employee #1 and #2 using a come-along (tightening device). After tightenin g the cables, Employee #1 pushed on the cable and it came loose because the weld of the washer broke and caused the cable to break free. Employee #1 fell to the ground. He sustained a broken right leg and heel. Employee #1 was hospitalized for four days.

Incident on Jan 30, 2002 (fatal): Employee killed in fall through roof opening

At about 2:30 p.m. on January 30, 2002, Employee #1, an iron worker foreman with JD2, Inc., was installing metal roof deck panels. While he was removing a panel from a bundle of decking, he fell through a 3.5-ft by 4-ft opening, 22 ft 3 in. to the floor, and was killed by head trauma. No fall protection was in use.

Incident on Apr 16, 2001: Employee injured in fall when guardrail broke

At 1:00 p.m. on April 16, 2001, an accident occurred at the Nordstrom - Farmers Market jobsite in Los Angeles, California. Employee #1 was an ironworker apprent ice who had been on the job for about a month. Employee #1 was working with his foreman installing metal flashing at the edges of the building. The metal flashi ng is used to catch and hold concrete. The forms are made from 20 gauge sheet me tal, are 6-feet long, and each weighs from 35 to 45 pounds. The forms would take two persons to install, one person holding each end. According to Employee #1, at the time of the accident, he and the foreman were standing on a wooden guardr ail to reach the building edge. The foreman had welded his end of the form and w as moving to tack weld the other end. At this moment, both of them were standing on the same guardrail. The guardrail broke, and Employee #1 saw the foreman dro pped to the stair landing. Employee #1 then felt the guardrail gave way under hi m, and he dropped 16 feet to the floor below. The stair landing was measured as being 45 inches from the top of the guardrail. Employee #1 sustained a broken ba ck, sprained right wrist, contused left heel and nerve damage of left leg. He wa s hospitalized for three weeks.

Incident on Feb 8, 2000: Employee is injured when he falls from a truss

Employee #1 fell 21 ft along with steel decking and an unsecured 48 ft long bar joists upon which the decking had been loaded. He was hospitalized with multiple fractures to his hip and wrist.