Sunbelt Structures, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Incident on Jul 16, 1993 (fatal): Electric shock - contact with overhead line thru boom

Employees were working at a bridge widening construction project. Two workers st arted moving some long rebar for a concrete patch. One of the employees was oper ating an extension boom crane, and his coworker was acting as the flagman. As th e crane would carry the rebar, the flagman would occasionally reach out and stea dy the load. The crane contacted an overhead power line while the flagman was to uching the rebar. He received a severe electric shock and was transported to a h ospital, where he later died. He had been electrocuted.

Incident on Feb 28, 1991 (fatal): Employee killed when struck in head by backhoe

Employee #1 was standing against the steel shoring of a coffer dam. A Hitachi ba ckhoe was being used to remove mud and water from the dam so footings could be s et. When Employee #1 leaned over to look at the shore opening inside the dam, th e rear end of the backhoe's rotating superstructure struck him. Employee #1's he ad was crushed against the shoring and he was killed.

Incident on Dec 12, 1988 (fatal): Employee dies in fall from bridge

At approximately 11:35 a.m., Employee #1 and his coworker were working 27 ft 10 in. above ground level on top of a bridge under construction. Employee #1, who w as 70 years old, had been transporting plywood from ground level to the top of t he bridge. The coworker was cutting the plywood to be used under the concrete sl abs while positioned 20 ft from the unguarded bridge openings (4 ft 6 in. wide b y 12 to 20 ft long) with his back facing them. Employee #1 then walked past the coworker's left side toward the bridge openings. The coworker turned his head to the right to talk with Employee #1, but there was no response. Employee #1 had fallen through the unguarded bridge opening to the ground. Employee #1 died of s evere head and chest injuries.