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Avitech Builders Corp.: OSHA inspections and violations

Miami, Florida · Framing Contractors · NAICS 238130

1inspections
2citation items
$2,314current penalties
Mar 24, 2020last inspection

OSHA has inspected Avitech Builders Corp. once in Florida.

The inspection began on Mar 24, 2020 on a referral, in Miami.

That inspection ended with 2 citation items: 2 serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $4,626 and now stand at $2,314, 50% lower after settlements or reviews.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for construction employers since 2015 is $3,079, and Avitech Builders Corp. averages $2,314 (1 cited inspection).

It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.

Avitech Builders Corp.: OSHA citation items per year, 2020 to 2020
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 344709308 OPENED MAR 24, 2020Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 9 employees at the site · Closed Apr 24, 2020

1201 Brickell Ave., Miami, FL 33131 · Framing Contractors · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Mar 17, 2020: Employee falls through hole on scaffold and injures hand

At 1:30 p.m. on March 17, 2020, Employee #1 was employed by a construction framing contractor. Employee #1 was moving scaffold when he fell through a hole and suffered a hand injury. Employee #1 was hospitalized.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1926.502(i)(3) · Fall protection systems
Serious$2,313$1,157Apr 1, 2020Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1) · Fall protection training in construction
Serious$2,313$1,157Apr 1, 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.

Mar 17, 2020, Miami: Hospitalization · intracranial injuries, unspecified · brain

While framing the inside of a structure, an employee fell approximately 12 feet through a floor opening and suffered head trauma.

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1926.502 · Fall protection systems

29 CFR 1926.502(i)(3)

(3) All covers shall be secured when installed so as to prevent accidental displacement by the wind, equipment, or employees.

29 CFR 1926.503 · Fall protection training in construction

29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1)

(a) Training program. (1) The employer shall provide a training program for each employee who might be exposed to fall hazards. The program shall enable each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and shall train each employee in the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards.

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