Wohlwend Construction Inc: OSHA inspections and violations

Incident on Oct 5, 2017: Foreman falls between joists and fractures skull and other b

At 11:15 a.m. on October 5, 2017, Employee #1, employed by a construction company, was acting as the company foreman at a multiemployer construction project, a single family residential building. He and coworkers were installing sheathing over joists on the carport roof. As he prepared to lay a plywood sheet onto the joists, Employee #1 slipped and fell between two joists, a fall height of 11 feet. Emergency services were called, and Employee #1 was transported to the hospital. He was admitted and treated for a skull fracture, fractures to his nose and left wrist, and other head injuries. injuries.

Incident on Sep 28, 2000: Employee falls and fractures leg when scaffold collapses

At approximately 8:00 a.m. on September 28, 2000, Employee #1 was engaged in a h ouse framing operation. On the date of the accident, the employee was trying to level a 2 ft by 12 ft wallboard at about 10 feet above the ground. He was standi ng on an incomplete scaffold at a height of approximately 5.5 feet while pulling the nails from a wood board to level the wallboard. The left end of the scaffol d's plank was nailed into the wood frames of the house, while the right end was hanging on a protruding 2 ft by 4 ft board. The scaffold had no legs to support the employee's weight. There were no warning signs and barricades on the job-mad e wooden scaffold to prevent its use. Employee #1 was stepping onto the right en d of the plank when the scaffold collapsed, dropping the employee to the ground. The employee landed on his right leg, fracturing the large leg bone above the k nee. The employee's supervisor was working a few feet away and witnessed the acc ident. The employee was transported to the hospital for emergency treatment and operation. The employee was hired 7 months before the accident and had five year s of experience. A factor contributing to the accident included the employer's f ailure to prevent the employee from using the incomplete scaffold.