Pinnacle Plastering, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Incident on Sep 22, 2017: Employee falls when scaffold collapses and incurs multiple i

At 10:30 a.m. on September 22, 2017, Employee #1 and Coworkers #1 and #2, employed by a construction plastering company, were working at a new home construction project. Employee #1 and Coworker #1 were installing foam as part of plastering operations. They were working from the fourth/top level of a metal scaffold. The scaffold collapsed, and both employees fell, a fall height of 18 to 22 feet. Emergency services were called. Coworker #1 did not sustain injuries in the fall, but Employee #1 was transported to the hospital. He was admitted and treated for injuries to his wrist, nose, face, knees, and ankles. ankles.

Incident on Jul 9, 2012: Worker suffers from heat exhaustion on plastering job

At approximately 2:30 p.m. on July 9, 2012, Employee #1, a 33-year-old male fore man with Pinnacle Plastering Inc., of a ten-worker crew, who was spraying stucco on new single family two story homes in Simi Valley. Employee #1 was the forema n and only sprayer on the job site that day. Employee #1 was wearing two pairs o f pants, three-shirts plus a shirt over his head while spraying. Employee #1 sta rted having numbness in his hands and feet about 2:30 p.m. and went to get into the shade. The crew finished the job; Employee #1 still didn't feel well and had someone call Emergency Medical Services. Employee #1 was taken by ambulance to Simi Valley Advent Hospital Emergency Room at 7:11 p.m. where he was diagnosed w ith dehydration, elevated creatinine and heat exhaustion. Employee #1 was discha rged at 8:56 p.m. and told to follow up with his personal physician if not feeli ng better in two or three days. Interviews were conducted of the crew employees and other workers. It was reported to OSHA that Employee #1 had drank approximat ely two-gallons of Pedialyte, Coke, Gatorade, monster energy drinks and water pr ior to 2:30 p.m. The weather hit a high of Eighty-six degrees Fahrenheit with re lative humidity of around twenty-six percent. The employer, Pinnacle Plastering Inc., is a lathing and plastering contractor which employs between 125 to 150 em ployees.