OSHA Inspection: SAMPSON CONSTRUCTION CO., INC.

Issued

Sep 28, 2018

Abate by

Oct 25, 2018

Penalty

Initial $8,315 · Current $8,315

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(2): The employer did not initiate and maintain programs which provided for frequent and regular inspections of the job site, materials and equipment to be made by a competent person(s) designated by the employers in the following instances:  a)  Sampson Construction Co., Inc. at 1200 Hidden Valley Parkway, Severance, CO 80550:  On or before April 4, 2018, the controlling employer did not ensure that competent person inspections were performed on the steel erection of the west staircase in Area E.  Erection aid tabs used to connect the west and north horizontal tube steel beams to the columns were not designed, rated, and approved by a qualified engineer.  In addition, these erection aid tabs were tack welded to the west columns, and this welding was not inspected by a qualified weld inspector.  The employer did not ensure that competent person inspections were performed of the steel erection process of the west staircase of Area E;  b)  Sampson Construction Co., Inc. at 1200 Hidden Valley Parkway, Severance, CO 80550:  On April 4, 2018, the controlling employer allowed a concrete pump truck to set up and boom into Area E through the west side staircase, even though parts of the steel erection for the staircase were not structurally stable.  At approximately 10:10 am, a concrete pump truck struck the west upper horizontal tube steel beam with its boom.  The beam fell and struck an employee of the concrete delivery company, resulting in fatal injuries.  A competent person did not ensure that the location used to set up the concrete pump truck presented a safe place for concrete pumping operations;   c)  Sampson Construction Co., Inc. at 1200 Hidden Valley Parkway, Severance, CO 80550:  At approximately 7:10 am on April 4, 2018, while setting up to pump concrete, a concrete pump truck boom struck the upper horizontal tube steel beam on the west side of the staircase in Area E.  The controlling employer did not ensure that a competent person inspected the beam and its supports after this first strike, and before continuing with concrete pumping operations.  No adjustments were made to the concrete pump truck setup, and no barricades were set out to prevent employee access in and around the west staircase.  At approximately 10:10 am, a concrete pump truck struck the west upper horizontal tube steel beam with its boom a second time.  The beam fell and struck an employee of the concrete delivery company, resulting in fatal injuries.  These conditions exposed subcontractor employees to the hazard of being struck-by falling steel beams.

Issued

Sep 28, 2018

Abate by

Oct 25, 2018

Penalty

Initial $8,315 · Current $8,315

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.754(a): Structural stability was not maintained at all times during the erection process:  a)  Sampson Construction Co., Inc. at 1200 Hidden Valley Parkway, Severance, CO 80550:  On and before April 4, 2018, the controlling employer did not ensure that structural stability was maintained at all times during the erection process, in that two horizontal beams along the west staircase of Area E were not structurally stable.  Erection aid tabs used to connect the west and north horizontal tube steel beams to the west columns were not designed, rated, and approved by a qualified engineer.  In addition, these erection aid tabs were tack welded to the west columns, and this welding was not inspected by a qualified weld inspector.  The employer did not ensure that structural stability was maintained at all times during the steel erection process.  This condition exposed subcontractor employees to the hazard of being struck-by falling steel.