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Ardent Construction, LLC: OSHA inspections and violations

Galveston, Texas · Site Preparation Contractors · NAICS 238910

4inspections
3citation items
$1,765current penalties
Apr 19, 2018last inspection

OSHA has inspected Ardent Construction, LLC 4 times in Texas since 2011.

The latest one began on Apr 19, 2018 on a referral, in Houston.

Those inspections ended with 3 citation items: 2 serious and 1 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $2,941 and now stand at $1,765, 40% lower after settlements or reviews.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for construction employers since 2015 is $3,080, and Ardent Construction, LLC averages $882 (2 cited inspections).

It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.

Ardent Construction, LLC: OSHA citation items per year, 2011 to 2018
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 343099719 OPENED APR 19, 2018Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 5 employees at the site · Closed Jul 10, 2018

2412 Washington Ave, Houston, TX 77007 · Site Preparation Contractors · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Apr 16, 2018: Employee falls during demolition and incurs multiple injurie

At 9:30 a.m. on April 16, 2018, Employee #1, employed by a construction company, was engaged in the demolition of a one-story commercial building. He was loading trash through a wall opening and onto a forklift when he slipped and fell through the opening, a fall height of 11.5 feet. Emergency services were called, and Employee #1 was transported to the hospital. He was admitted and treated for multiple fractured ribs, lacerations to his elbow and spleen, and fluid in his lungs.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1926.501(b)(1) · Fall protection in construction
 Serious$2,217$1,330Jun 19, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1926.20(b)(2) · Construction safety programs
 Serious$0$0Jun 19, 2018Final

Inspection 342337250 OPENED MAY 17, 2017Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 1 employee at the site · Closed Oct 19, 2017

18840 Gulf Freeway, Friendswood, TX 77546 · Commercial and Institutional Building Construction · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1904.40(a) · Giving injury records to OSHA
 Other-than-serious$724$434Jul 7, 2017Final

Inspection 341729788 OPENED AUG 26, 2016Closed

Unprogrammed other · Complete · Safety · 15 employees at the site · Closed Oct 5, 2016

23139 Grand Circle Blvd., Katy, TX 77449 · Commercial and Institutional Building Construction · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 312927247 OPENED MAR 22, 2011Closed

Referral · Complete · Safety · 1 employee at the site · Closed May 17, 2011

2501 Seawall Blvd, Galveston, TX 77550 · Site Preparation Contractors · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Severe injury reports

Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 1 report on file.

Apr 16, 2018, Houston: Hospitalization · internal injuries to organs and blood vessels of the trunk · trunk, unspecified

An employee was removing trash on the first floor near a wall opening when the employee slipped and fell off the building to the ground, suffering multiple internal injuries.

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1904.40 · Giving injury records to OSHA

29 CFR 1904.40(a)

(a) Basic requirement. When an authorized government representative asks for the records you keep under part 1904, you must provide copies of the records within four (4) business hours.

29 CFR 1926.20 · Construction safety programs

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(2)

(2) Such programs shall provide for frequent and regular inspections of the job sites, materials, and equipment to be made by competent persons designated by the employers.

29 CFR 1926.501 · Fall protection in construction

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(1)

(b)(1) Unprotected sides and edges. Each employee on a walking/working surface (horizontal and vertical surface) with an unprotected side or edge which is 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above a lower level shall be protected from falling by the use of guardrail systems, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems.

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