Residential Building Construction

Industry Summary

With employment in this industry reaching new highs, the 174,660 businesses operating in the Residential Building Construction industry are sure to make protecting the estimated total of 692,117 employees reported in 2015 a top priority. With OSHA reported accident rates of less than that of the the Construction of Buildings Industry as a whole, things have been relatively safe over the past five years.

OSHA investigators arrived in Myrtle Beach, SC on Tuesday, March 26th 2019 and began an accident investigation which had occured previously at 73983 - Bridges Custom Homes. A 47 year old employee had been killed when the
OSHA ID115776.015
Accident Date2019-03-26
Accident DegreeFatality
NarrativeAt 2:14 p.m. on March 26, 2019, an employee was tasked with rigging a laminated beam with chokers to a 30 ton crane. The beam was located close to an overhead 7,200 volt powerline and the employee was signaling a crane operator. As the employee was attaching the chokers to the crane hook, the crane operators view was obstructed and the crane cable struck the overhead powerline. This resulted in the rigging employee being killed by the electrocution.
On Tuesday, March 26th 2019 OSHA reps took a report of a serious accident in Myrtle Beach, SC at 73983 - Bridges Custom Homes. A 47 year old employee had been killed when the
OSHA ID115776.015
Accident Date2019-03-26
Accident DegreeFatality
NarrativeAt 2:14 p.m. on March 26, 2019, an employee was tasked with rigging a laminated beam with chokers to a 30 ton crane. The beam was located close to an overhead 7,200 volt powerline and the employee was signaling a crane operator. As the employee was attaching the chokers to the crane hook, the crane operators view was obstructed and the crane cable struck the overhead powerline. This resulted in the rigging employee being killed by the electrocution.
On Tuesday, March 26th 2019 OSHA reps took a report of a serious accident in Myrtle Beach, SC at 73983 - Bridges Custom Homes. A 47 year old employee had been killed when the
OSHA ID115776.015
Accident Date2019-03-26
Accident DegreeFatality
NarrativeAt 2:14 p.m. on March 26, 2019, an employee was tasked with rigging a laminated beam with chokers to a 30 ton crane. The beam was located close to an overhead 7,200 volt powerline and the employee was signaling a crane operator. As the employee was attaching the chokers to the crane hook, the crane operators view was obstructed and the crane cable struck the overhead powerline. This resulted in the rigging employee being killed by the electrocution.

OSHA Inspection Activity

Accident Rate

5 Year Average
6.3
Last 12 Months
0

Reporting Statistics

Inspection Records: 39487
214.7%
Inspection Rate: 1.9
Violation Records:
Accident Records: 622

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