OSHA has inspected Aus Decking, Inc. 7 times in California since 2010.
The latest one began on Jul 28, 2022 as part of a related case, in Sacramento.
Those inspections ended with 7 citation items: 1 repeat and 6 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $43,935 and now stand at $32,340, 26% lower after settlements or reviews.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for construction employers since 2015 is $3,079, and Aus Decking, Inc. averages $6,441 (5 cited inspections).
Inspection 316514652 OPENED MAY 18, 2012Closed
Accident · Partial · Safety · 48 employees at the site · Closed Oct 24, 2012
429 12th St, Sacramento, CA 95814 · All Other Specialty Trade Contractors · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
Incident on May 4, 2012: Employee's gets knee injured when grinder disc comes apart
At approximately 7:30 a.m., on May 4, 2012 Employee #1 was seriously injured. Th ey had installed ply-decking to the outside decks, on the day of the accident Em ployee #1 had been assigned to buff or smooth the deck surfaces. Employee #1 was assigned a stone wheeled grinder (Hilti DG-500-D) from his supervisor, which he inspected and found to be in good condition. He used the grinder to do 2 decks and was working on the third deck when the stone grinder wheel exploded into sev eral pieces. He suffered an acute laceration and fracture to his left knee as a result of the accident. Employee #1 was taken by ambulance to UC Davis Medical C enter in Sacramento CA where he was hospitalized for greater than 24 hours for s urgery and treatment of an injury to his left knee. Employee #1 had been trained to use the equipment and was using all of the required PPE at the time of the a ccident. The equipment was not defective and was being used correctly.
No citations from this inspection.
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
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