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Api Contracting, LLC: OSHA inspections and violations

Billings, Montana · Plumbing, Heating, and Air-Conditioning Contractors · NAICS 238220

1inspections
6citation items
$50,000current penalties
Sep 20, 2024last inspection

OSHA has inspected Api Contracting, LLC once in Montana.

The inspection began on Sep 20, 2024 as a planned inspection, in Billings; the case is still open.

That inspection ended with 6 citation items: 5 serious and 1 willful.

Penalties were first proposed at $89,416 and now stand at $50,000, 44% lower after settlements or reviews.

Excavations comes up most often in these citations: 4 items under 1926.651.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for construction employers since 2015 is $3,078, and Api Contracting, LLC averages $50,000 (1 cited inspection).

Api Contracting, LLC: OSHA citation items per year, 2024 to 2024
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 347769556 OPENED SEP 20, 2024Open

Planned · Partial · Safety · 12 employees at the site · Open

1309 Crist Dr, Billings, MT 59105 · Plumbing, Heating, and Air-Conditioning Contractors · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 2a
29 CFR 1926.651(c)(2) · Excavations
 Serious$6,452$3,000Dec 2, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 2b
29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(4) · Ladders in construction
 Serious$0$0Dec 2, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1926.651(i)(3) · Excavations
 Serious$5,531$3,000Dec 2, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 4
29 CFR 1926.651(j)(2) · Excavations
 Serious$6,452$3,000Dec 2, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 5
29 CFR 1926.651(k)(1) · Excavations
 Serious$6,452$3,000Dec 2, 2024Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1926.652(a)(1) · Trench protection
 Willful$64,529$38,000Dec 2, 2024Final

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1926.1053 · Ladders in construction

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(4)

(4) Ladders shall be used only for the purpose for which they were designed.

29 CFR 1926.651 · Excavations

29 CFR 1926.651(c)(2)

(2) Means of egress from trench excavations. A stairway, ladder, ramp or other safe means of egress shall be located in trench excavations that are 4 feet (1.22 m) or more in depth so as to require no more than 25 feet (7.62 m) of lateral travel for employees.

29 CFR 1926.651(i)(3)

(3) Sidewalks, pavements, and appurtenant structure shall not be undermined unless a support system or another method of protection is provided to protect employees from the possible collapse of such structures.

29 CFR 1926.652 · Trench protection

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