Commercial and Institutional Building Construction

Industry Summary

With employment in this industry reaching new highs, the 47,146 businesses operating in the Commercial and Institutional Building Construction industry are sure to make protecting the estimated total of 569,608 employees reported in 2015 a top priority. With OSHA reported accident rates of less than that of the the Nonresidential Building Construction Industry as a whole, things have been relatively safe over the past five years.

OSHA investigators arrived in San Diego, CA on Wednesday, July 10th 2019 and began an accident investigation which had occured previously at Nick Ngan Le. A 49 year old man working as a Painter was killed on the job when the
OSHA ID117812.015
Accident Date2019-07-05
Accident DegreeFatality
NarrativeAt 2:20 p.m. on July 5, 2019, Employee #1, an assistant painter employed by a construction company, was working at a one-story commercial building in which a vacant suite was being remodeled. He was working from a Franklin Portable Scaffold, Item Number 63050, and preparing the ceiling for painting. The scaffold had no guardrails installed. The scaffold's work platform was a wooden plank approximately 28 inches wide by 66 inches long. The employee fell from the scaffold, a fall height of approximately 5 feet 6.5 inches, and struck the back of his head on either the concrete floor or a brick wall. The painter that Employee #1 had been assisting, who was in another work area when the fall occurred, transported Employee #1 to the hospital. Employee #1 was admitted and treated for a skull fracture and traumatic brain injury, plus a fractured left scapula. He died on July 9, 2019.
The accident investigation below was opened on Wednesday, June 12th 2019 by OSHA representitives in San Juan, PR at Demex Environmental Group, Llc. A 35 year old Construction laborer had been killed when the
OSHA ID116982.015
Accident Date2019-06-10
Accident DegreeFatality
NarrativeAt 1:15 p.m. on June 10, 2019, Employee #1, employed by a construction company, was engaged in the renovation of a thirteen-story multifamily residential building. He was using a Bobcat loader to collect demolition debris when the ground collapsed and the employee fell, a fall height of approximately 200 feet. Employee #1 was killed.
OSHA investigators arrived in Houston, TX on Friday, May 24th 2019 and began an accident investigation which had occured previously at Hwami Builder Llc. A 36 year old man working as a Construction laborer was killed on the job when the
OSHA ID116559.015
Accident Date2019-05-22
Accident DegreeFatality
NarrativeAt 4:45 p.m. on May 22, 2019, Employee #1, employed by a construction company, was working at a multiemployer construction project, the renovation of a one-story commercial building. He was operating a scissor lift and moving it down a steel ramp to unload it from a trailer. The ramp collapsed, and the scissor lift tipped over. Employee #1 fell from the lift and struck his head on the ground. Emergency services transported Employee #1 to the hospital, where he died from internal bleeding in the brain.

OSHA Inspection Activity

Accident Rate

5 Year Average
12.25
Last 12 Months
0

Reporting Statistics

Inspection Records: 56604
197.4%
Inspection Rate: 7.65
Violation Records:
Accident Records: 730