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Focus FourFocus Four accidents resulted in 94.1% of all construction fatalities in Michigan. 

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2016Construction Fatalities in Michigan

Construction Fatality Types 2016

Falls(11)

Heat Related(1)

Crush & Caught

Between(2)

Electrocutions(3)

Michigan lost 22 TOTAL Workers to 

Falls in 2016

Struck By: February 8, 2016

Three employees were changing signage on several off ramp billboards, when finished and loading tools a semi-truck exited the expressway and hit the back of an arrow board striking two of the three employees. One sustained injuries and was treated and released from the hospital, the other received fatal injuries.

Citations Issued:•NONE

Safety Recommendations Issued:• 408.42223(1) 2009 MMUTCD‐Short duration – Figure 6H‐4; page 641. There was not any distance between the arrow board sign and the work area. The billboard they were working on was in the grass near the front of the vehicle pulling the arrow board. This is a suggestion and not required. 

• 408.40622(1) & 624(1) Head, Eye & Face Protection PPE shall be worn until employees get in their vehicles. 

Crush By: March 22, 2016

An operator of an excavator was clearing trees from a drainage ditch to level and install a drain pipe. The operator was trying to bring down a tree that had been topped off on March 14, 2016 by a tree service company. A tree fell on to the excavator, crushing the cab and killing the operator.

62 Years Old

Citations Issued:

• 408.1011(a) Act 154 MIOSHA – failure to provide Falling Object Protection System.

• 1926.604(a)(2) Mobile Equipment – shall be equipped with safety features for land clearing operation.

Fall: April 27,2016

An employee performing siding operations on a residential jobsite fell approximately 13 feet to his death. The employee was accessing a pump jack scaffolding from a metal extension ladder. The ladder was not set up properly and had missing and damaged parts.

58 Years Old

Citations Issued:

• 408.40114(1) Accident prevention program –not developed, maintained or coordinated with employees.

• 408.41209(1) Scaffolds and Scaffold Platforms – no training provided.

• 408.41211(1) Scaffolds and Scaffold Platforms – no proper access to scaffold.

Fall: May 6, 2016Employees were performing roofing tear off activities and had finished a section of roof and were cleaning up the debris. While pushing a wheelbarrow full of debris an employee fell through a section of the concrete roof deck and landed on the floor of an industrial plant. The employee fell approximately 27 feet and died from the injuries he sustained.

55 Years Old

Citations Issued:• Fall Protection: 1926.501(a)(2) Structural integrity of the roof not identified.

• Fall Protection: 1926.501(b)(10) No fall protection being utilized. 

• Fall Protection: 1926.503(a)(1) No fall protection training provided to employee.

Fall: April 23, 2016Owner/Roofer fell approximately 30 feet from a pallet elevated by a rough terrain forklift while installing an ice guard on a roof.  The forklift began to tip and the decedent jumped to the roof but was unable to secure himself and slipped off of the roof, falling 30 feet to the dirt below.  

37 Years Old

Citations Issued:•408.40114(1) Accident prevention program – not developed or coordinated with employees.

•408.41243(3) Scaffolds and Scaffold Platforms – work performed was not level when in use.

•408.41243(4) Scaffolds and Scaffold Platforms – no personal fall protection being used while elevated.

•408.41243(5) Scaffolds and Scaffold Platforms – Rough Terrain Forklift was not resting on a firm footing.

Electrocution: July 22, 2016

A 35-year-old laborer was performing arc welding on a private home-owner's metal dock. It appears that the laborer accidentally dropped the welding terminal lead onto his chest. EMS arrived, performed CPR, and transported him to the hospital, where he was later pronounced dead.

35 Years Old

• 408.40114(1) Accident prevention program – not coordinated.

• 408.40115(1) General Rules – no inspection of jobsite tools and equipment.

• 408.40743(2) Welding and Cutting – live terminals exposed.

• 408.40744(2) Welding and Cutting – welding ground lead damaged and not mechanically sound.

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Citations Issued:

• 408.40744(6) Welding and Cutting – welding leads not being protected against damage.

• 408.40746(8) Welding and Cutting – live welding cables draped across an employee.

• 408.40747(3) Welding and Cutting – damaged welding cables were not taped or protected.

Citations Issued Continued:

Fall: July 25,2016

A carpenter was bracing a parapet wall when he fell approximately 44-feet to the ground. The employee was taken to the hospital by EMS where he died due to injuries received.

58 Years Old

Citations Issued:• 408.40114(1) Accident prevention program –not maintained or coordinated.

• 1926.502(b)(1) Fall protection – no top rails or guardrail system.

• 1926.503(b) (1) Fall protection – no written certification record.

Fall: August 10, 2016A roofing contractor employee, near completion of a two week project, was working outside of the warning line. The accident victim was the foreman for the project and had not assigned any of the other employees as a designated safety monitor that day. The employee fell approximately 17’ to the concrete area below, surviving initially, but died later that day from the injuries he sustained.

48 Years Old

Citations Issued:

•1926.501(b)(10) Fall protection – not utilized.

Fall: August 16, 2016Two employees were installing an exterior light fixture 24’ above the ground. They were standing on two extension ladders that were placed on a mobile scaffold platform. The two employees fell to the ground when the mobile scaffold platform and ladders fell away from the building. The employee/owner died from the injuries he sustained when he landed on the concrete below. The other employee landed on sandy ground, received only a broken arm.

75 Years Old

Citations Issued:• 408.40114(1) Accident prevention program – not developed.

• 408.41209(1) Scaffolds and Scaffold Platforms – no scaffold training.

• 408.41210(1) Scaffolds and Scaffold Platforms ‐ no qualified person for scaffolding platform design.

• 408.41210(14) Scaffolds and Scaffold Platforms – ladders used on a scaffold platform.

• 408.41213(1) Scaffolds and Scaffold Platforms – no guardrails installed on mobile scaffold platforms. 

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Citations Issued Continued:• 408.41241(3) Scaffolds and Scaffold Platforms – casters for mobile scaffold platforms not pinned.

• 408.41241(4) Scaffolds and Scaffold Platforms – no horizontal scaffolding brace on a mobile scaffold.

• 408.41241(9) Scaffolds and Scaffold Platforms – mobile scaffolding platform not plumb.

• 408.41241(11) Scaffolds and Scaffold Platforms – scaffold not properly decked, planks not cleated, scaffold planks not construction grade and extend out too far.

• 408.40132(3) No one trained in First Aid.

Fall: August 25, 2016

An employee installing elevator equipment was working from an extension ladder across the hoist shaft. The employee was relocating the ladder to allow rigging to be installed when the ladder and employee fell 22 feet to the ground floor level. The employee died from the injuries he received from the fall.

50 Years Old

Citations Issued:• 408.41111(3)Fixed & Portable Ladders: A manufactured portable plastic ladder shall be constructed and maintained as prescribed in the ANSI standard A14.5‐1982.

• 408.41122(2)Fixed & Portable Ladders: A ladder shall be placed on a substantial and stable base unless it is secured to prevent accidental displacement. The area around the top and bottom of the ladder shall be kept clear.

• 408.41122(8)Fixed & Portable Ladders: A ladder shall not be moved, shifted, or extended while occupied by an employee. 

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Citations Issued:• 408.41124(1)Fixed & Portable Ladders: A portable ladder shall be used at such a pitch that the horizontal projected distance from the top support to the base is not more than ¼ of the vertical distance between these points. 

• 408.42645(1)Steel Erection: Each employee engaged in a steel erection activity who is on a walking/working surface with an unprotected side or edge more than 15 feet (4.6 m) above a lower level shall be protected from fall hazards by guardrail systems, safety net systems, personal fall arrest systems, positioning device systems, or fall restraint systems. 

Electrocution: September 6, 2016

An employee engaged in gutter installation on a residential home was found slumped over a running generator, inside the company box truck. The employee was pronounced dead at the scene. The autopsy report indicated the cause of death was electrocution.

36 Years Old

Citations Issued:

•408.1011(a) The employer shall furnish a place of employment free of recognized hazards. 

•408.40114(1) Accident prevention program•408.22139(1) Employer shall report the death of an employee within 8 hours.

Fall: September 14, 2016

Employees had constructed a job made wooden window jack scaffold on the residential job site. The wooden scaffold was constructed 20 foot above the ground and collapsed when two employees were performing soffit installation. One employee received a broken tail bone and hip, the other employee died from the injuries received in the 20 foot fall to the ground level.

56 Years Old

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Citations Issued:• 408.40114(1) Accident prevention program • 408.41209(1) Scaffolds and Scaffold Platforms Training• 408.41210(1) Scaffolds and Scaffold Platforms Qualified Person• 408.41213(1) Scaffolds and Scaffold Platforms – no fall protection for scaffolding.

• 408.41264(1) Scaffolds and Scaffold Platforms – more than one employee on a window jack scaffold.

• 408.41264(2) Scaffolds and Scaffold Platforms – two window jack scaffolds connected together.

Electrocution: September 15, 2016

An employee was using a metallic bull float during installation of new concrete flatwork at a residential project. The employee contacted an energized 7200 volt overhead electric line with a twenty-nine foot long aluminum handle and was electrocuted. The employee later died from the electrical shock he received.

37 Years Old

Citations Issued:• 408.40115(5) General Rules – employees shall not be allowed by the employer to work or be closer to energized electrical line, gear, or equipment exposed to contact than the minimum clearance prescribed in Table 1.  Table 1 states 10 feet minimum clearances for voltages up to 50,000 volts.

• 408.42520(3) Concrete Construction – The handle on a bull float that is used where it may contact an energized electrical conductor shall be constructed of nonconductive material or shall be insulated with a nonconductive sheath that has electrical and mechanical characteristics which provide the equivalent protection of a handle constructed of nonconductive material.

Heat Related: June 27, 2016

Firefighters lowered the employee (roofer) to the ground after he was found unconscious on the roof of an apartment building. The employee was taken to a local hospital where he died.

57 Years Old

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• Not Reported Until October.

Citations Issued:

•408.22139(2) Employer failed to notify MIOSHA of an employee fatality within 8 hours of the incident.

Fall: November 9, 2016

Employees engaged in painting activities, were working from a swing stage scaffold when it collapsed. Employees fell approximately 30 to 40 feet. Two employees were taken to the local hospital where one later died on November 7, 2016 from injuries sustained in the fall.

26 Years Old

Citations Issued:• 408.41209(1) Scaffolds and Scaffold Platforms – no scaffold training.

• 408.41210(6) Scaffolds and Scaffold Platforms ‐ components shall be inspected before each work shift.

• 408.41212(8) Scaffolds and Scaffold Platforms – a suspension rope, including connecting hardware, used on nonadjustable or adjustable suspension scaffolds shall be capable of supporting, without failure, not less than 6 times the maximum intended load applied or transmitted to the rope.

• 408.41213(2) Scaffolds and Scaffold Platforms – no personal fall arrest system.

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Citations Issued Continued:• 408.41229(5) Scaffolds and Scaffold Platforms – no competent person evaluated direct connections.

• 408.41240(3) Scaffolds and Scaffold Platforms – suspension ropes and cables not connected to overhead supporting members.

• 408.40132(2) Injury and Illness – no provision made for prompt medical attention in case of serious injury.

• 408.22139(2) Scaffolds and Scaffold Platforms ‐ Employer failed to notify MIOSHA of an employee fatality within 8 hours of the incident.

Fall: August 31, 2016

On July 19 an employee engaged in residential carpentry was assisting in the installation of a roof truss when he fell through the second floor stair hole, 22’ to the concrete basement floor.

26 Years Old

Citations Issued:• 1926.501(b)(13) Fall Protection – Employee engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8m) or more above lower levels shall be protected by guardrail system, safety net system, or personal fall arrest system unless another provision in paragraph (b) of this section provides for alternative fall protection measure. 

• 1926.503(a)(1) Fall Protection – no training provided.• 408.40114(1) General Rules – Accident Prevention System – not developed, maintained or coordinated with employees.

• 408.22139(2) Injuries and Illnesses – not reported within 24 hours after the inpatient hospitalization of 1 or more employees.

Fall: August 16, 2016

An owner/roofer and another employee were working on a residential garage. The owner of the company fell off the roof to the concrete below, approximately 10-12 feet. The owner died the following day due to injuries received from the fall.

39 Years Old

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• Not reported until November 17. 

Citations Issued:

• Company owner is the deceased(Sole Proprietor)

• Rule 114. (1) An employer shall develop, maintain, and coordinate with employees an Accident Prevention Program, a copy of which shall be available at the worksite. 

8 Times Employers were Cited for the FIRST Construction Standard Rule

Onsite ConsultationPhu Nguyen,517-243-3533West Michigan

Ben Counelis,517-242-8099East Michigan

SouthwestJim Getting, 517-719-7422Southwestern counties

SoutheastBryan Renaud, 586-939-7106 Thumb Area counties

Patrick Sullivan,248-446-3908Southeastern counties

North

Tarah Kile, 989-450-3736Midland, Bay, & Central counties

Jeremy Hidalgo, 517-242-7755Northern lower peninsula counties

David Magno, 906-251-8232Upper Peninsula

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