Sharpe Interior Systems: OSHA inspections and violations

Incident on Apr 1, 2017: Foreman falls from scaffold and incurs multiple injuries

At 1:00 p.m. on April 1, 2017, Employee #1, a foreman for a drywall contractor, was working at a commercial building project. He was standing on a Perry scaffold and spraying Monokote material onto a steel beam. According to the foreman's subsequent report, he slipped, tripped on the spraying hoses, and fell to the concrete floor, a fall height of 4 to 5 feet. Emergency services were called, and Employee #1 was transported to the hospital. He was admitted and treated for compound fractures to his leg, a dislocated left shoulder, and bruised ribs.

Incident on Sep 28, 2006 (fatal): Employee is killed in fall from scaffold

At 7:10 a.m. on September 28, 2006, Employee #1 was working as a framing foreman for a tenant improvement contractor. The contractor was engaged in metal stud f raming and drywall installation at a site in Los Angeles, CA. Clune Construction was the general contractor for the tenant improvement phase of the project, and Employee #1's employer, Sharpe Interior Systems, Inc., was the tenant improveme nt subcontractor. The incident occurred on the third level of the scaffold, whic h was erected inside on the ground floor of the Fidelity Investment Center. Empl oyee #1, who was working without fall protection, fell from the side of the scaf fold adjacent to the wall. He sustained an unspecified injury to his head, and h e was killed. The causal factor was that Employee #1 was working between the wal l and the scaffold without tying off.

Incident on Jun 17, 2003: Employee slices hand on steel tracking

At approximately 2:30 p.m. on June 17, 2003, an employee and two coworkers were installing panelized walls while working from a scaffold. They were lifting a pa nel into place and setting it on 0.375 inch plates. The employee was holding a p iece of 14-guage track so that the panel would not fall while being pried into p osition. The panel slid and the track sliced his ungloved right ring finger. He was told by his supervisor to drive to the hospital. The employee had a lacerati on and embedding of a piece of metal which caused nerve and tendon damage. His u nderwent surgery the next day and will undergo a second surgery to repair the ne rve damage. There were no written procedures for this new process and gloves wer e not required for the employees.