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Axe Construction Services, LLC.: OSHA inspections and violations

Ithaca, New York · Roofing Contractors · NAICS 238160

1inspections
6citation items
$8,778current penalties
Dec 15, 2020last inspection

OSHA has inspected Axe Construction Services, LLC. once in New York.

The inspection began on Dec 15, 2020 on a referral, in Ithaca.

That inspection ended with 6 citation items: 6 serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $8,778 and still stand at $8,778.

Fall protection systems comes up most often in these citations: 3 items under 1926.502.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for construction employers since 2015 is $3,080, and Axe Construction Services, LLC. averages $8,778 (1 cited inspection).

It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.

Axe Construction Services, LLC.: OSHA citation items per year, 2020 to 2020
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 345083661 OPENED DEC 15, 2020Closed

Referral · Complete · Safety · 10 employees at the site · Closed Feb 9, 2026

701 West Court Street, Ithaca, NY 14850 · Roofing Contractors · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Dec 14, 2020: Employee falls from roof into dumpster, fractures wrist and

At 5:15 p.m. on December 14, 2020, Employee #1, employed by a construction company, was standing at the edge of a roof when he lost balance and fell into a dumpster below. The dumpster contained trash at the time of the incident. The employee sustained a fractured wrist and broken ribs and was hospitalized for treatment.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1926.252(a) · Disposal of waste materials
 Serious$2,341$2,341May 19, 2021Final
Citation 1, item 2a
29 CFR 1926.501(b)(10) · Fall protection in construction
 Serious$4,096$4,096May 19, 2021Final
Citation 1, item 2b
29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1) · Fall protection training in construction
 Serious$0$0May 19, 2021Final
Citation 1, item 3a
29 CFR 1926.502(i)(2) · Fall protection systems
 Serious$2,341$2,341May 19, 2021Final
Citation 1, item 3b
29 CFR 1926.502(i)(3) · Fall protection systems
 Serious$0$0May 19, 2021Final
Citation 1, item 3c
29 CFR 1926.502(i)(4) · Fall protection systems
 Serious$0$0May 19, 2021Final

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.

Dec 14, 2020, Ithaca: Hospitalization · fractures · multiple body parts, n.e.c.

An employee was standing at the edge of a roof when they fell five stories into a dumpster below, resulting in a broken wrist and broken ribs.

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1926.252 · Disposal of waste materials

29 CFR 1926.252(a)

(a) Whenever materials are dropped more than 20 feet to any point lying outside the exterior walls of the building, an enclosed chute of wood, or equivalent material, shall be used. For the purpose of this paragraph, an enclosed chute is a slide, closed in on all sides, through which material is moved from a high place to a lower one.

29 CFR 1926.501 · Fall protection in construction

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(10)

(10) Roofing work on Low-slope roofs. Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (b) of this section, each employee engaged in roofing activities on low-slope roofs, with unprotected sides and edges 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels shall be protected from falling by guardrail systems, safety net systems, personal fall arrest systems, or a combination of warning line system and guardrail system, warning line system and safety net system, or warning line system and personal fall arrest system, or warning line system and safety monitoring system. Or, on roofs 50-feet (15.25 m) or less in width (see appendix A to subpart M of this part), the use of a safety monitoring system alone [i.e. without the warning line system] is permitted.

29 CFR 1926.502 · Fall protection systems

29 CFR 1926.502(i)(2)

(2) All other covers shall be capable of supporting, without failure, at least twice the weight of employees, equipment, and materials that may be imposed on the cover at any one time.

29 CFR 1926.503 · Fall protection training in construction

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