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Astech LLC: OSHA inspections and violations

Maple Lake, Minnesota · Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction · NAICS 237310

4inspections
16citation items
$39,315current penalties
Jun 14, 2024last inspection

OSHA has inspected Astech LLC 4 times in Minnesota since 2000.

The latest one began on Jun 14, 2024 as a planned inspection, in Cottage Grove.

Those inspections ended with 16 citation items: 12 serious and 4 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $59,075 and now stand at $39,315, 33% lower after settlements or reviews.

Silica dust in construction comes up most often in these citations: 4 items under 1926.1153.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for construction employers since 2015 is $3,078, and Astech LLC averages $18,240 (1 cited inspection).

Astech LLC: OSHA citation items per year, 2000 to 2024
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 347557175 OPENED JUN 14, 2024Closed

Planned · Complete · Health · 268 employees at the site · Closed Feb 14, 2025

8500 Jody Ln S, Cottage Grove, MN 55016 · Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1) · Hazard communication
Other-than-serious$4,800$2,880Jul 18, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1926.1153(d)(2)(iii)(d) · Silica dust in construction
Serious$4,800$4,800Jul 18, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 4
29 CFR 1926.1153(e)(2) · Silica dust in construction
Serious$4,800$2,880Jul 18, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 5
29 CFR 1926.1153(g)(1) · Silica dust in construction
Serious$4,800$2,880Jul 18, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 6
29 CFR 1926.1153(h)(1)(i) · Silica dust in construction
Serious$4,800$4,800Jul 18, 2024Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1) · Hazard communication
Other-than-serious$0$0Jul 18, 2024Final

Inspection 316574581 OPENED JUN 25, 2012Closed

Planned · Complete · Health · 6 employees at the site · Closed Nov 8, 2012

6624 Buckingham Alcove, Woodbury, MN 55125 · Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.134(a)(2) · Respiratory protection
Serious$3,500$3,500Jul 31, 2012Closed
Citation 1, item 2a
29 CFR 1926.55(a) · Gases, vapors, fumes, dusts, and mists
Serious$3,500$3,500Jul 31, 2012Closed
Citation 1, item 2b
29 CFR 1926.55(b) · Gases, vapors, fumes, dusts, and mists
Serious$0$0Jul 31, 2012Closed
Citation 1, item 3 Serious$3,500$3,500Jul 31, 2012Closed
Citation 2, item 1 Other-than-serious$0$0Jul 31, 2012Closed

Inspection 312246465 OPENED JUN 2, 2008Closed

Planned · Partial · Safety · 17 employees at the site · Closed Aug 14, 2008

1/2 Mile North Of Co Rd 60 & Hwy 169, Belle Plaine, MN 56011 · Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1926.20(b)(1) · Construction safety programs
Serious$375$375Jul 16, 2008Closed

Inspection 303474753 OPENED MAY 17, 2000Closed

Accident · Complete · Safety · 35 employees at the site · Closed Oct 31, 2001

County Road 123 & County Road 7, Maple Lake, MN 55358 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1 Serious$0$0Aug 15, 2000Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1926.602(a)(9)(i) · Earthmovers and forklifts in construction
Serious$12,000$2,000Aug 15, 2000Final
Citation 1, item 3 Serious$12,000$8,000Aug 15, 2000Final
Citation 2, item 1 Other-than-serious$200$200Aug 15, 2000Final

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1820.6530

29 CFR 1910.1200 · Hazard communication

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1)

(e) Written hazard communication program. (1) Employers shall develop, implement, and maintain at each workplace, a written hazard communication program which at least describes how the criteria specified in paragraphs (f), (g), and (h) of this section for labels and other forms of warning, safety data sheets, and employee information and training will be met, and which also includes the following:

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1)

(h) Employee information and training. (1) Employers shall provide employees with effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment, and whenever a new chemical hazard the employees have not previously been trained about is introduced into their work area. Information and training may be designed to cover categories of hazards (e.g., flammability, carcinogenicity) or specific chemicals. Chemical-specific information must always be available through labels and safety data sheets.

29 CFR 1910.134 · Respiratory protection

29 CFR 1910.134(a)(2)

(2) The CNP system defaults selected for test pressure shall be set at −15 mm of water (-0.58 inches of water) and the modeled inspiratory flow rate shall be 53.8 liters per minute for performing fit tests.

29 CFR 1926.1153 · Silica dust in construction

29 CFR 1926.20 · Construction safety programs

29 CFR 1926.55 · Gases, vapors, fumes, dusts, and mists

29 CFR 1926.602 · Earthmovers and forklifts in construction

29 CFR 5206.700

29 CFR 5207.1000

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