W.E. O'Neil Construction: OSHA inspections and violations

Incident on Sep 16, 2005 (fatal): One employee killed, another injured in fall

On September 16, 2005, Employees #1 and #2 were attempting to strip vertical con crete wall formwork from an elevator shaft that extended approximately 50 feet a bove the sixth floor of the structure. While preparing to hoist the exterior por tion of the formwork away from the wall of the shaft, the formwork and the two e mployees working from the formwork scaffolding fell. Employee #1 was killed and Employee #2 received minor injuries and was not hospitalized.

Incident on Jul 2, 1992: Employees injured when walls collapse in high wind

Employees were erecting the east wall of a building. Other employees were checki ng and adding bracing to the west wall. The north wall was complete. The walls w ere approximately 30 ft high and constructed of concrete block. During the cours e of their work, a severe weather front with winds up to 85 miles per hour sudde nly came into the area. The high winds blew down the east and west walls and som e scaffolding, which struck and injured the employees. Employees #1 through #10 were hospitalized.

Incident on Feb 26, 1992 (fatal): Employee killed when crushed between forklift and shoring

Employee #1 was driving a forklift on the lower, completed levels of a concrete parking garage that was under construction. While driving the truck between two vertical single-post shores, Employee #1 apparently leaned out of the truck to o bserve the clearance. His head was crushed between the frame of the truck and th e shore, and Employee #1 was killed.

Incident on Feb 26, 1992 (fatal): Employee killed when head strikes against concrete shore

Employee #1, a forklift operator, was driving a truck during construction of a p arking garage. While driving from the concrete pour deck to a lower level, the e mployee traveled through an area congested by single-post metal concrete shores. He apparently leaned his head outside the running lines of the truck and caught his head between a concrete shore and the truck frame. He died of head injuries .

Incident on Oct 13, 1985 (fatal): Fall from roof

TWO EMPLOYEES WERE LAYING CORRUGATED METAL ROOF DECKING ON A 3 STORY BUILDING. T HE FOREMAN WAS PLACING THE SHEETS OF METAL WHILE EMPLOYEE #1 WAS TACK WELDING IT IN PLACE. THE WELDER WAS WEARING A PROTECTIVE HOOD. HE LIFTED IT TO LOOK AT HIS POSITION AND WORK EVERY ONE TO THREE WELDS. HE WAS WORKING FROM THE CENTER TO T HE EDGE. THE FOREMAN FINISHED LAYING DECK AND LEFT THE ROOF TO DO ANOTHER JOB. W HILE HE WAS GONE, THE WELDER FELL TO THE GROUND. NO ONE SAW HIM FALL.