Pace Construction Company: OSHA inspections and violations

Incident on Sep 20, 1994 (fatal): Employee struck and killed by backing dump truck

At approximately 9:35 a.m. on September 20, 1994, Employee #1 was walking east o n the shoulder of Interstate 70 West toward a construction crew which was resurf acing the interstate shoulder with asphalt. They were using paving equipment, ro llers, and a transfer machine. This equipment and the moving interstate traffic together created a high level of noise. The right lane of the interstate had bee n blocked off with lane drops (cones), starting at the railroad tracks overpass to the High Hill exit (#179). The exit ramp was not closed to traffic. Dump truc ks were backing down the exit ramp into the lane drop area to dump at the transf er machine, which was located approximately 1/5 mile east of the exit. A dump tr uck was backing into the construction area when the driver heard a noise. When h e got out of the truck and walked to the rear, he saw Employee #1 on the ground. Employee #1 had been killed.

Incident on Nov 3, 1987 (fatal): Construction worker killed when scaffold struck by a truck

EMPLOYEE #1 WAS WORKING FROM A MOBILE "BUGGY" SUPPORTED SCAFFOLD. THE SCAFFOLD P LATFORM HUNG DIRECTLY BELOW A VIADUCT AND OVER A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE. THE LANES O F TRAFFIC BELOW HIM WERE OPEN TO VEHICULAR TRAFFIC. THE SCAFFOLD WAS STRUCK BY A SEMI-TRUCK/TRAILER, CAUSING EMPLOYEE #1 TO FALL ONTO ANOTHER PASSING VEHICLE, T HEN ONTO THE PAVEMENT. HE WAS KILLED.