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Arms Construction: OSHA inspections and violations

Fort Collins, Colorado · New Multifamily Housing Construction (except For-Sale Builders) · NAICS 236116

1inspections
3citation items
$3,500current penalties
Feb 13, 2020last inspection

OSHA has inspected Arms Construction once in Colorado.

The inspection began on Feb 13, 2020 on a referral, in Fort Collins.

That inspection ended with 3 citation items: 3 serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $6,940 and now stand at $3,500, 50% lower after settlements or reviews.

Scaffolds, general requirements comes up most often in these citations: 2 items under 1926.451.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for construction employers since 2015 is $3,078, and Arms Construction averages $3,500 (1 cited inspection).

It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.

Arms Construction: OSHA citation items per year, 2020 to 2020
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 344627351 OPENED FEB 13, 2020Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 2 employees at the site · Closed Sep 29, 2021

The Standard At Fort Collins 775 West Lake St., Fort Collins, CO 80521 · New Multifamily Housing Construction (except For-Sale Builders) · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Feb 12, 2020: Employee breaks leg and ankle in fall from scaffold

At 12:00 p.m. on February 12, 2020, an employee, employed by a construction company, was working from a scaffold at a multi-family unit construction site removing a window from the side of the building. The employee lost balance and fell approximately 23 feet to the ground, sustaining a broken leg and ankle. The employee was hospitalized and treated for the injuries.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1) · Scaffolds, general requirements
 Serious$2,892$1,500Mar 20, 2020Final
Citation 1, item 2a
29 CFR 1926.451(f)(7) · Scaffolds, general requirements
 Serious$4,048$2,000Mar 20, 2020Final
Citation 1, item 2b
29 CFR 1926.452(j)(2) · Rules for each type of scaffold
 Serious$0$0Mar 20, 2020Final

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.

Feb 12, 2020, Fort Collins: Hospitalization · fractures · leg(s), unspecified

An employee fell approximately 20 feet from a scaffold while installing a window. The employee s leg was broken and he was hospitalized.

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(f)(7)

(7) Scaffolds shall be erected, moved, dismantled, or altered only under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection, moving, dismantling or alteration. Such activities shall be performed only by experienced and trained employees selected for such work by the competent person.

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)

(g) Fall protection. (1) Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above a lower level shall be protected from falling to that lower level. Paragraphs (g)(1) (i) through (vii) of this section establish the types of fall protection to be provided to the employees on each type of scaffold. Paragraph (g)(2) of this section addresses fall protection for scaffold erectors and dismantlers.

29 CFR 1926.452 · Rules for each type of scaffold

29 CFR 1926.452(j)(2)

(2) Poles shall be secured to the structure by rigid triangular bracing or equivalent at the bottom, top, and other points as necessary. When the pump jack has to pass bracing already installed, an additional brace shall be installed approximately 4 feet (1.2 m) above the brace to be passed, and shall be left in place until the pump jack has been moved and the original brace reinstalled.

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