Texas Construction Accidents | Schechter, McElwee, Shaffer & Harris, L.L.P.
The following is a guest post by Houston, Texas Personal Injury Law Firm, Schechter, McElwee, Shaffer & Harris, L.L.P whose Houston construction accident attorneys represent Texas workers injured in scaffolding accidents, trench cave-ins, electrical accidents, falls and other construction site accidents in the Houston area and around Texas.
OSHA Cites Austin, Texas Construction Company for Serious Safety Hazards
A series of excavation hazards, including failure to shield workers from a trench cave-in, led to an Austin-based company being cited by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration this week. The company, S.J. Louis Construction of Texas Limited has been cited for 10 serious violations, and two other less-than-serious violations for exposing workers to a range of hazards. These hazards include a possible trench cave-in and exposure to electrical hazards.
The hazards were discovered during an OSHA investigation in March at the company's Leander, Texas worksite. The OSHA inspector found that Texas construction workers were inside a 17-foot deep excavation site that had not been probably secured to protect workers from trench cave-ins and collapses. The walls had not been properly sloped or shored, and the workers were at great risk of asphyxiation in case of a trench collapse. Besides, there was no rescue equipment for workers welding in confined spaces, no proper safeguarding of machinery and no protection for workers from overhead power lines.
Excavation work is one of the most dangerous on a construction site, and there are a series of precautions that employers are required to follow before workers are allowed inside the trench. The most common and most dangerous hazard when trenching occurs during a collapse. Therefore, the walls of a trench must be shored with wood or metal to prevent collapse. A trench cave-in can quickly bury a worker under thousands of pounds of mud. The person can asphyxiate and suffocate even before other persons can help him or get to him in time.
Trenches are very important in construction because pipes and wires will are routed through them. When untrained or overworked employees misuse excavators and backhoes to dig trenches, they can collapse. Utility workers, road construction crews, and other Texas workers who work underground are subject to the dangers of trench collapse.
To report workplace accidents, fatalities or situations posing imminent danger to workers, call OSHA's toll-free hotline number at 800-321-OSHA (321-6742).
As Texas trench accident, excavator accident, and construction equipment accident lawyers, the Texas construction injury attorneys of Schechter, McElwee, Shaffer & Harris, L.L.P. handle and investigate fatal workplace accidents which include falls, electrocutions, crane accidents, and other Texas construction negligence claims resulting in serious injury or death.
OSHA Cites Austin, Texas Construction Company for Serious Safety Hazards
A series of excavation hazards, including failure to shield workers from a trench cave-in, led to an Austin-based company being cited by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration this week. The company, S.J. Louis Construction of Texas Limited has been cited for 10 serious violations, and two other less-than-serious violations for exposing workers to a range of hazards. These hazards include a possible trench cave-in and exposure to electrical hazards.
The hazards were discovered during an OSHA investigation in March at the company's Leander, Texas worksite. The OSHA inspector found that Texas construction workers were inside a 17-foot deep excavation site that had not been probably secured to protect workers from trench cave-ins and collapses. The walls had not been properly sloped or shored, and the workers were at great risk of asphyxiation in case of a trench collapse. Besides, there was no rescue equipment for workers welding in confined spaces, no proper safeguarding of machinery and no protection for workers from overhead power lines.
Excavation work is one of the most dangerous on a construction site, and there are a series of precautions that employers are required to follow before workers are allowed inside the trench. The most common and most dangerous hazard when trenching occurs during a collapse. Therefore, the walls of a trench must be shored with wood or metal to prevent collapse. A trench cave-in can quickly bury a worker under thousands of pounds of mud. The person can asphyxiate and suffocate even before other persons can help him or get to him in time.
Trenches are very important in construction because pipes and wires will are routed through them. When untrained or overworked employees misuse excavators and backhoes to dig trenches, they can collapse. Utility workers, road construction crews, and other Texas workers who work underground are subject to the dangers of trench collapse.
To report workplace accidents, fatalities or situations posing imminent danger to workers, call OSHA's toll-free hotline number at 800-321-OSHA (321-6742).
As Texas trench accident, excavator accident, and construction equipment accident lawyers, the Texas construction injury attorneys of Schechter, McElwee, Shaffer & Harris, L.L.P. handle and investigate fatal workplace accidents which include falls, electrocutions, crane accidents, and other Texas construction negligence claims resulting in serious injury or death.
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