Knight Builders, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Incident on Feb 11, 2014: Construction worker fractures leg in fall from scaffold

On February 11, 2014, an employee was working as a construction laborer for a re sidential remodeling contractor. More specifically, he applied stucco and painte d. He was working from an A-frame-type horizontal elevated scaffold, when he fel l from a height of approximately 0.9 meters (3 feet). He sustained fractures to his left leg. He was transported to Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, and he was hospi talized for over 24 hours. The employer reported the incident to the Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) in a timely manner. The employee was inte rviewed on April 18, 2014. He stated that he was not aware of any problems with the scaffolding equipment. He further stated that the platform on which he had b een standing measured approximately 1.5 meters (5 feet) in width. After an inves tigation of the incident that included but was not limited to the taking of witn ess statements, it could not be discerned from the record that the employer was in violation of a California Code of Regulations, Title 8 Safety Order with rega rd to the incident.

Incident on Mar 30, 2007: Employee fractures leg in fall from roof

At approximately 11:51 a.m. on March 30, 2007, an employee along with a coworker were installing roof sheathing on a 5:12 sloped roof. The distance, from the ea ve to the asphalt floor below, measured 16.5 feet. The employee slipped on sawdu st generated from cutting the sheathing boards and fell off the edge of the roof . He sustained serious injuries. The employee was transported to Loma Linda Univ ersity Medical Center, where he was hospitalized. Then, he was treated for fract ured leg at Kaiser Permanente in Fontana. No scaffolding, guardrails, personal f all protection systems, or other means were used or provided to the employees at this worksite.