Uci Construction Inc: OSHA inspections and violations

Incident on Apr 1, 2008: Employee's back is fractured crushed under falling object

At approximately 1:55 p.m. on April 1, 2008, Employee #1, a journeyman, and a co worker, a welder, were assigned to remove a tank, motor and other items from the trailer and to fabricate and install a barbeque box on the trailer. The trailer was manufactured by Alba Manufacturing, trailer Model Number 2A610S, Serial Num ber CA80AMG1019. Employee #1 attached the hook from a jib crane to the passenger side of the 6 ft by 10 ft tandem axle trailer. Once the hook was attached to th e bottom edge of the trailer near the middle of the tandem axles, he engaged the lift. The jib crane lifted the passenger side approximately 5 ft. Employee #1 t hen positioned himself under the trailer to use a cutting torch to burn the weld s free from the diamond plate that was welded to the trailer frame. While Employ ee #1 was cutting the welds free the hook became disengaged allowing the trailer to fall on top of him. Employee #1 received compression fractures to his back a nd was hospitalized.

Incident on Oct 28, 1997: Employee's arm fractured when struck by falling pipe

At 8:00 a.m. on October 28, 1997, Employee #1, a general foreman for UCI Constru ction, was supervising a hole drilling operation at a site in Castro Valley, CA. Employee #1 was kneeling, taking measurements with two coworkers when he was st ruck by a concrete supply line that fell while being hoisted by a subcontractor. Employee #1 suffered multiple fractures of his right arm. The cause of the acci dent was the subcontractor's failure to warn people in the danger zone before at tempting the hoisting operation. No violations of T8CCR by UCI were identified.

Incident on Jul 16, 1993: Employee injured when struck by hoist counterweights

AT ABOUT 2:55 P.M. ON JULY 16, 1993, A SERIOUS ACCIDENT OCCURRED AT A REMOTE WOR KSITE AT 25121 NORTH SIERRA HIGHWAY, NEWHALL, CA. THE SITE IS AN OIL FIELD FACIL ITY OF ARCO OIL AND GAS CO. THE ON-SITE EMPLOYER WAS A SUBCONTRACTOR OF ARCO. TH E EMPLOYEES WERE ATTEMPTING TO HOIST AND ATTACH, BY CRANE, A LARGE METAL GUARD O NTO AN OIL PUMPING WELL. THE INITIAL HOIST RIGGING WAS NOT ADEQUATE TO KEEP THE GUARD IN A DESIRED POSITION AND IT WAS LOWERED A SHORT DISTANCE BACK TO THE GROU ND TO BE RE-RIGGED. THE GUARD STRUCK ONE OF TWO HEAVY COUNTERWEIGHTS THAT WERE R ESTING ON THE GROUND. BOTH COUNTERWEIGHTS FELL OVER, STRIKING THE LEG OF EMPLOYE E #1, CAUSING LEG AND ANKLE INJURIES.