Keller, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Incident on Dec 17, 2008: Employee falls 21 feet from steel decking

At approximately 11:00 a.m. Employee #1, a construction worker, fell 21-feet and 5-inches while working on the leading edge of a roof. Employee #1 sustained a f ractured pelvis, received a head contusion and a wrist injury in the fall. Six e mployees were working in a crew to install roof decking on a system engineered b uilding. The roof decking process included the installation of a roll of insulat ion followed by two rows of roof decking on top of the insulation. Employee #1 w as kneeling on the decking at the leading edge when he fell approximately 21-fee t and 5-inches to the concrete floor below. Injuries included a fractured pelvis , head contusion and a wrist injury. Some evidence indicated that snow had been stuck on the Employee #1 knees which may have contributed to the fall. The build ing was approximately 290-feet-long and 180-feet-wide with a maximum height of a pproximately 21-feet and 8-inches at its peak. A controlled decking zone had bee n erected and trained employees were working in that zone. The weather was very cold; with temperatures around 10 degrees and light snow had fallen that morning .