Therma LLC: OSHA inspections and violations

Incident on Oct 21, 2010: Employee is burned when cutting water line

At 11:00 a.m. on October 21, 2010, Employee #1 cut a water line while the line w as still pressurized with 180 degree Fahrenheit hot water. Employee #1 suffered second degree burns on both hands and right forearm, and was hospitalized.

Incident on Nov 10, 2004: Employee fall from stepladder

On November 10, 2004, Employee #1, journeyman pipe fitter, felled approximately 10 feet from corrugated metal deck. The employee set-up a 10-foot fiberglass ste pladder underneath a ceiling tile to access the deck for taking measurements for piping. Employee #1 walked approximately 2 to 3 feet, to hang the portable ligh t on a metal support that was above. The light was turned on. The employee turne d around to walk back to the ladder and lost his balance. Employee #1 felled hea d first through the false ceiling onto the carpet floor. The employee suffered m ultiple fractures and was hospitalized.

Incident on Mar 6, 2000: Employee injured in fall from roof

Employee #1 was given a job assignment to look for pipe hangers on the roof of t he pavilion under construction by his foreman. Employee #1 was not given any tra ining and instructions about the presence of roof openings and the safeguards ne cessary to do his assignment safely. The foreman knew of the roof openings and a ssumed the injured employee knew about them too. Employee #1 fell from the roof. Employee #1 was hospitalized.

Incident on Feb 1, 1991: Employee injured in 8 ft fall when plywood box tips over

Employee #1 was using a forklift to dump scrap from a plywood box into a dumpste r. He was standing on the edge of the box to reach the remaining scrap when the unsecured box tipped over. He fell 8 ft to the pavement and was injured.