Manatt's Inc: OSHA inspections and violations

Incident on Jun 19, 2019: Employee incurs contusions to arm and back in fall down manh

At 2:18 p.m. on June 19,2019, Employee #1, employed by a road construction company, was walking down a newly paved residential street to grab a shovel. He decided to move a piece of steel that was in the middle of the street. The employee bent over the 30-inch square steel that was covering a 24-inch manhole. He took a step forward and stepped into the hole opening, a 14 foot fall to the sewer at the bottom of the hole. He then climbed up the manhole ladder, and emergency services were called. The employee was transported to the hospital and admitted for treatment of contusions to the arms and back.

Incident on May 18, 2012 (fatal): Employee is killed with head, neck, arm outside hatch

At approximately 7:20 p.m. on May 17, 2012, Employee #1, a mechanic with Manatts Inc., was informed by a coworker that there were water leaks in a 4000 gallon w ater tank (Serial Number: 40003SWN0171), that had been mounted on a 1995 Mack st raight truck (DM600, VIN: 1M2B209C1SM015470). The water tank had a pneumatic pow ered sliding hatch door located on the top of the tank for access into the tank. At approximately 8:00 a.m., on May 18, 2012, Employee #1 was found, by a cowork er, caught in the water tank access hatch opening between the sliding door and t he hatch door frame of the tank. Employee #1 was caught by the throat, with head and one arm outside the tank. The rest of Employee #1's body was inside the tan k. The water tank was empty with approximately 1 in. of water in the bottom. Emp loyee #1 died.

Incident on Jun 25, 1987 (fatal): Employee killed when run over by backing dump truck

Employee #1 and two coworkers were realigning traffic cones on a highway off ram p that was under repair but still open to traffic. The wind created by a passing semi-truck blew off the employee's hat and when he turned to get it he stepped directly into the path of a backing dump truck. He was crushed to death.

Incident on Sep 7, 1986 (fatal): One killed, one injured when struck by flying object

Employees #1 and #2 were driving a pick-up truck as an escort for a lowboy trans porting a backhoe along an interstate highway. The lowboy driver contacted the e scort by CB radio and told the two employees that he thought either a chain had come loose or the backhoe had hit the bottom of the last overpass. Instead of st opping and checking the load, the escort assumed a position two or three car len gths behind the lowboy. Employee # 1 was struck in the head by a flying object a nd was killed. Employee #2 was struck in the neck and hospitalized.