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America Construction: OSHA inspections and violations

Laredo, Texas · Other Foundation, Structure, and Building Exterior Contractors · NAICS 238190

2inspections
9citation items
$5,359current penalties
Mar 7, 2017last inspection

OSHA has inspected America Construction 2 times in Texas since 1999.

The latest one began on Mar 7, 2017 on a referral, in Fort Worth.

Those inspections ended with 9 citation items: 9 serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $7,532 and now stand at $5,359, 29% lower after settlements or reviews.

Scaffolds, general requirements comes up most often in these citations: 6 items under 1926.451.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for construction employers since 2015 is $3,080, and America Construction averages $3,259 (1 cited inspection).

America Construction: OSHA citation items per year, 1999 to 2017
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 342156494 OPENED MAR 7, 2017Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 9 employees at the site · Closed Jun 8, 2017

5300 Campus Drive, Fort Worth, TX 76119 · Other Foundation, Structure, and Building Exterior Contractors · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2)(iv) · Scaffolds, general requirements
 Serious$2,716$1,630Apr 24, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1926.602(d) · Earthmovers and forklifts in construction
 Serious$2,716$1,630Apr 24, 2017Final

Inspection 302101076 OPENED APR 5, 1999Closed

Planned · Partial · Safety · 8 employees at the site · Closed Sep 8, 1999

5120 Hwy 359, Laredo, TX 78043 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1926.51(a)(4) · Sanitation
 Serious$525$525Jun 30, 1999Closed
Citation 1, item 2a
29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1) · Scaffolds, general requirements
 Serious$525$525Jun 30, 1999Closed
Citation 1, item 2b
29 CFR 1926.451(b)(5)(i) · Scaffolds, general requirements
 Serious$0$0Jun 30, 1999Closed
Citation 1, item 2c
29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2) · Scaffolds, general requirements
 Serious$0$0Jun 30, 1999Closed
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1) · Scaffolds, general requirements
 Serious$525$525Jun 30, 1999Closed
Citation 1, item 4a
29 CFR 1926.451(f)(7) · Scaffolds, general requirements
 Serious$525$525Jun 30, 1999Closed
Citation 1, item 4b
29 CFR 1926.454(a) · Scaffold training
 Serious$0$0Jun 30, 1999Closed

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1926.451 · Scaffolds, general requirements

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1)

(b) Scaffold platform construction. (1) Each platform on all working levels of scaffolds shall be fully planked or decked between the front uprights and the guardrail supports as follows:

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(5)(i)

(5)(i) Each end of a platform 10 feet or less in length shall not extend over its support more than 12 inches (30 cm) unless the platform is designed and installed so that the cantilevered portion of the platform is able to support employees and/or materials without tipping, or has guardrails which block employee access to the cantilevered end.

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2)

(2) Supported scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames, and uprights shall bear on base plates and mud sills or other adequate firm foundation.

29 CFR 1926.454 · Scaffold training

29 CFR 1926.51 · Sanitation

29 CFR 1926.602 · Earthmovers and forklifts in construction

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