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A Plus Rooter, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Charlotte, North Carolina · Plumbing, Heating, and Air-Conditioning Contractors · NAICS 238220

1inspections
6citation items
$7,000current penalties
Jun 1, 2018last inspection

OSHA has inspected A Plus Rooter, Inc. once in North Carolina.

The inspection began on Jun 1, 2018 on a referral, in Charlotte.

That inspection ended with 6 citation items: 6 serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $9,100 and now stand at $7,000, 23% lower after settlements or reviews.

Excavations comes up most often in these citations: 3 items under 1926.651.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for construction employers since 2015 is $3,079, and A Plus Rooter, Inc. averages $7,000 (1 cited inspection).

A Plus Rooter, Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 2018 to 2018
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 343201661 OPENED JUN 1, 2018Closed

Referral · Partial · Health · 3 employees at the site · Closed Sep 20, 2019

5435 Albemarle Road, Charlotte, NC 28212 · Plumbing, Heating, and Air-Conditioning Contractors · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1926.21(b)(2) · Construction safety training
 Serious$2,100$2,100Jun 26, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 2a
29 CFR 1926.651(b)(4) · Excavations
 Serious$2,800$2,800Jun 26, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 2b
29 CFR 1926.416(a)(1) · Electrical safety in construction
 Serious$0$0Jun 26, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 2c
29 CFR 1926.416(a)(2) · Electrical safety in construction
 Serious$0$0Jun 26, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1926.651(j)(2) · Excavations
 Serious$2,100$2,100Jun 26, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 4
29 CFR 1926.651(k)(1) · Excavations
 Serious$2,100$0Jun 26, 2018Final

The rules behind these citations

Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.

29 CFR 1926.21 · Construction safety training

29 CFR 1926.21(b)(2)

(2) The employer shall instruct each employee in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions and the regulations applicable to his work environment to control or eliminate any hazards or other exposure to illness or injury.

29 CFR 1926.416 · Electrical safety in construction

29 CFR 1926.416(a)(1)

(a) Protection of employees. (1) No employer shall permit an employee to work in such proximity to any part of an electric power circuit that the employee could contact the electric power circuit in the course of work, unless the employee is protected against electric shock by deenergizing the circuit and grounding it or by guarding it effectively by insulation or other means.

29 CFR 1926.416(a)(2)

(2) In work areas where the exact location of underground electric powerlines is unknown, employees using jack-hammers, bars, or other hand tools which may contact a line shall be provided with insulated protective gloves.

29 CFR 1926.651 · Excavations

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