Jensen Precast: OSHA inspections and violations

Incident on Aug 3, 2007 (fatal): Electric shock - contact with conductor thru hand tool

Two employees were on the catwalk of a 23-metric ton, top-running, double-girder overhead bridge crane made by DEMAG (Serial Number 94156). They were repairing a radio transmitter-receiver for the crane's remote control system (Remtron Mode l Number 25S11A). One employee was sitting in front of the crane's bridge contro l cabinet, tracing and testing the function of conductors for the crane. The sec ond employee was in front of the crane's hoist control cabinet. The employee che cking the wiring was sweating profusely from the heat as he worked in the energi zed 480-volt cabinet. He grabbed a 120-volt conductor with needlenose pliers. A portion of the plastic coating on the handle of the pliers was missing, and the employee was electrocuted. The second employee received an electric shock when h e removed the first employee from the circuit. The first employee was pronounced dead at the North Vista Hospital. (The employee who received an electric shock was not listed on an injury line on the original form.)

Incident on Feb 27, 2003: Employee injured when struck by precast concrete form

Employee #1 was placing wooden dunnage under a concrete precast form that was on forklift tines. Another forklift struck the rear of the employee's forklift, kn ocking the concrete form forward. The form struck the employee, fracturing his l eft leg.

Incident on Apr 24, 2001: Employee injured when safety bolt failed and door fell

Employee #1 fractured some bones and suffered multiple injuries to his upper and lower body while connecting an air hose/vibrator to a concrete steel form box. The safety bolt failed, and the form door fell on Employee #1 causing multiple i njuries and fractured bones. Employee #1 went to a local hospital for treatment.

Incident on May 19, 1994: Contact with overhead line thru boom

An employee was using the boom mounted on the trailer of a tractor-trailer rig t o unload a 3-foot by 5-foot by 4-inch precast concrete telephone vault from the trailer. The employee swung the boom into an overhead power line, severing it an d causing an electric arc. No one was injured.