Structural Steel and Precast Concrete Contractors

Industry Summary

With employment in this industry reaching new highs, the 5,129 businesses operating in the Structural Steel and Precast Concrete Contractors industry are sure to make protecting the estimated total of 79,198 employees reported in 2015 a top priority. On average over the last five years, the Structural Steel and Precast Concrete Contractors industry has a slightly higher OSHA reported accident rate (44% more) than the broader Foundation Structure and Building Exterior Contractors Industry

• Most Common Violations
• Recent Accident Reports

The accident investigation below was opened on Tuesday, January 15th 2019 by OSHA representitives in Fremont, NE which had occured previously at Daubert Construction Company Inc. A 32 year old Construction trade had been killed when the employee fell through skylight and died from fractured skul

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OSHA ID112618.015

Accident Date2019-01-14

Accident DegreeFatality

NarrativeAt 10:00 a.m. on January 14, 2019, an employee was completing some repairs to a metal building and fell through an existing skylight. The employee fell approximately 16 feet and landed on his head, fracturing his skull. The employee was hospitalized for 8 days before being removed from life support and died once removed.

On Saturday, January 12th 2019 OSHA reps took a report of a serious accident in Stockton, CA after learning of an incident at The Herrick Corporation which had occured on the same day. A 45 year old Structural metal worker had been killed when the

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OSHA ID112806.015

Accident Date2019-01-12

Accident DegreeFatality

NarrativeAt 2:32 p.m. on January 12, 2019, an employee had welded a steel post to the uppermost beam on a steel structure. The employee was wearing an Ultra-Safe brand safety retractable lanyard and harness. During the fall, the fall arrest system failed and the employee was killed. The employee fell 48 feet to the ground.

OSHA investigators arrived in Doral, FL on Monday, December 17th 2018 and began an accident investigation which had occured previously at Ga & L Construction Corp. A 58 year old man working as a Construction laborer was killed on the job when the

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OSHA ID111942.015

Accident Date2018-12-17

Accident DegreeFatality

NarrativeAt 10:20 a.m. on December 17, 2018, an employee was retrieving cement blocks from a crane basket to place them in two locations where a wall was being built. The employee was walking on some plywood that was not supported underneath and the employee fell approximately 40 feet to a set of rebar that impaled him, killing him.