Washington County: OSHA inspections and violations

Incident on May 3, 2010: Employee fractures pelvis in fall from vehicle lift

On May 3, 2010, Employee #1, a mechanic, was performing periodic maintenance on the clutch of a large dump truck, while it was parked on a vehicle lift. As Empl oyee #1 exited the cab to climb off the truck and the lift, he fell approximatel y 5 feet to the floor and fractured his pelvis. Employee #1 was hospitalized.

Incident on Jan 19, 2005: Two employees are injured in fall from pickup truck

At approximately 8:13 a.m., on or about January 19, 2005, Employees #1, #2, and #3, of the City of Beaverton, were placing cones in a parking lot for a motorcyc le course. The employees were riding on the tailgate of a Chevrolet pickup truck when the truck's driver went over a slight incline in the parking lot. The chan ge in the truck's attitude transferred the weight of the individuals into an add itional downward force, and the cables supporting the tailgate broke, sending th e employees onto the tarmac. Employee #1 and Employee #2 were injured and transp orted to the hospital. Employee #3 was not injured. Further investigation reveal ed that the cables had been the subject of a recall for injuring other workers i n this same way.

Incident on Sep 19, 1986 (fatal): Employee run over by backing dump truck

EMPLOYEE #1 WORKED ON A ROAD RESURFACING CREW. AFTER LUNCH, EMPLOYEE #1 MOVED HI S CAR OFF TO THE WEST OF THE WORKSITE. HE BEGAN WALKING BACK TO THE WORKSITE ON THE NORTH SHOULDER OF THE ROAD, WEARING A HARD HAT AND REFLECTIVE VEST. AS HE WA S WALKING BY THE SECOND DUMP TRUCK HE ENCOUNTERED, THAT TRUCK, WITH BACKUP ALARM SOUNDING, STARTED BACKING TOWARD THE PAVER. EMPLOYEE #1 STARTED TO CROSS THE RO AD, NORTH TO SOUTH, INTO THE PATH OF THE BACKING TRUCK. THE PAVER OPERATOR START ED WAVING HIS ARMS AND SHOUTING AT EMPLOYEE #1, TELLING HIM TO GET OUT OF THE WA Y. PASSERS-BY WERE ALSO WAVING AND SHOUTING, BUT EMPLOYEE #1 DID NOT STOP. WHEN THE DUMP TRUCK DRIVER FELT A BUMP AS HE WAS BACKING UP, HE STOPPED IMMEDIATELY. ANOTHER EMPLOYEE MOTIONED FOR THE DRIVER TO STAY WHERE HE WAS. THE DUMP TRUCK'S RIGHT REAR DUALS HAD RUN OVER EMPLOYEE #1. EMPLOYEE #1 WAS CHECKED FOR VITALS, B UT NONE WERE FOUND. OTHER EMPLOYEES CALLED FOR THE EMERGENCY UNIT. EMPLOYEE #1 W ORE 2 HEARING AIDS. SUBSEQUENT INVESTIGATION REVEALED THAT EMPLOYEE #1 HAD A TEN DENCY TO WANDER AROUND THE WORK SITE WITHOUT PAYING CLOSE ATTENTION TO EVENTS AR OUND HIM. SITE SUPERVISORS HAD BEEN TOLD BY CREW MEMBERS THAT EMPLOYEE #1 HAD PR EVIOUSLY GOTTEN IN THE WAY OF TRAFFIC AND THE CREW'S TRUCKS. EMPLOYEE #1'S JOB W AS TO TAKE LOAD TICKETS FROM THE DUMP TRUCKS BEFORE THEY LEFT THE PAVER.