Yesco, LLC.: OSHA inspections and violations

Incident on Jan 7, 2022: Employee amputates two fingertips when caught in autobrake m

At 12:15 p.m. on January 7, 2022, an employee was using a Roper Whitney Autobrake 2000 to bend a piece of aluminum sheet into a box. The employee was using his right hand to locate the workpiece on the brake table in order to align the piece with his fingers. When the employee activated the machine to clamp down on the piece, he caught his fingers between the brake finger mount and the workpiece. The employee amputated his middle and ring fingertips at the nail bed and required hospitalization.

Incident on Jul 31, 2013: Worker suffers fracture in fall while removing casino sign

At approximately 10:30 a.m. on July 31, 2013, Employee #1, a 31-year-old male, s ign installer, with Yesco LLC, was working at a height of 150 ft at the MGM Gran d Hotel and Casino. A crane was used to support an LED advertising sign approxim ately 150 feet up on an MGM Pylon. Employee #1 was assigned to cut the electrica l wiring and conduit inside the LED sign while two coworkers were assigned to cu t the steal bracing used to support the LED sign. Employee #1 completed the inte rnal cuts on the LED and the two coworkers believed they completed cutting all t he steal bracing. However, the west side of the sign did not pull away from the MGM Pylon. This caused Employee #1 to search for why the west side of the LED si gn did not pull away from the MGM Pylon. Employee #1 stepped off the catwalk and onto a triangular piece of Alucobond which gave way and Employee #1 fell approx imately 150 ft to the ground below. Employee #1 was taken to UMC Hospital, where he was treated for unspecified fracture injuries. A coworker stated that he did not see Employee #1 fall because he was on the east side of the LED sign and th at transformers were blocking his view of Employee #1. A coworker also stated th at all the workers were wearing harnesses. A coworker stated that he did not see Employee #1 without a harness. A coworker who did not see Employee #1 fall stat ed that Employee #1 must not have been tied off in order to fall. The two cowork ers stated they had not been trained by Yesco for fall protection but they had r eceived fall protection training from their prior employer Casino Lighting. On A ugust 1, 2013, OSHA interviewed a witness accompanied by her husband as they wer e the first to arrive on scene after Employee #1 fell. The witness, a nurse by t rade, provided medical assistance to Employee #1 and insured that Employee #1 di d not move. The witness stated that Employee #1 was having difficulty breathing therefore she held Employee #1's mouth in an open position so he could breathe b etter. The witness stated that she did not remember seeing a harness on Employee #1; however, she remembered looking for a name tag on the shirt of Employee #1 and believed she would have remembered seeing a harness. The husband did not rem ember seeing a harness on Employee #1 at the time of the incident. Employee #1 w orked for Yesco for six-years in the sheet metal shop and that he was on loan to the sign hangers for the last couple of jobs to include the MGM Grand job. Empl oyee #1 stated that he received some training for powered platforms in July 2012 which he described as a refresher course for stages. Employee #1 stated the tra ining briefly talked about fall protection but most of the instruction was for o perating the motors on the swing stage which lasted approximately a half hour. E mployee #1 stated that he relied on advice from his coworkers for fall protectio n and how to wear a harness. Workers on the site stated that there was no job ha zard analysis done prior to working on the MGM Grand job.