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Ash Communications LLC: OSHA inspections and violations

Forney, Texas · Masonry Contractors · NAICS 238140

1inspections
3citation items
$2,000current penalties
Jun 26, 2015last inspection

OSHA has inspected Ash Communications LLC once in Texas.

The inspection began on Jun 26, 2015 as a planned inspection, in Forney.

That inspection ended with 3 citation items: 3 serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $4,000 and now stand at $2,000, 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 $3,080, and Ash Communications LLC averages $2,000 (1 cited inspection).

Ash Communications LLC: OSHA citation items per year, 2015 to 2015
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 340736636 OPENED JUN 26, 2015Closed

Planned · Partial · Safety · 6 employees at the site · Closed Nov 10, 2015

1010 Edgefield Ln, Forney, TX 75126 · Masonry Contractors · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1926.100(a) · Hard hats in construction
 Serious$2,000$500Aug 7, 2015Final
Citation 1, item 2a
29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1) · Scaffolds, general requirements
 Serious$2,000$1,500Aug 7, 2015Final
Citation 1, item 2b
29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1) · Scaffolds, general requirements
 Serious$0$0Aug 7, 2015Final

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1926.100 · Hard hats in construction

29 CFR 1926.100(a)

(a) Employees working in areas where there is a possible danger of head injury from impact, or from falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, shall be protected by protective helmets.

29 CFR 1926.451 · Scaffolds, general requirements

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1)

(1) When scaffold platforms are more than 2 feet (0.6 m) above or below a point of access, portable ladders, hook-on ladders, attachable ladders, stair towers (scaffold stairways/towers), stairway-type ladders (such as ladder stands), ramps, walkways, integral prefabricated scaffold access, or direct access from another scaffold, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface shall be used. Crossbraces shall not be used as a means of access.

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.

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