OSHA has inspected Bam Contracting, LLC 11 times in Missouri since 2013.
The latest one began on May 18, 2023 on a referral, in Saint Louis.
Those inspections ended with 9 citation items: 6 serious and 3 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $96,275 and now stand at $49,304, 49% lower after settlements or reviews.
Fall protection in construction comes up most often in these citations: 6 items under 1926.501.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for construction employers since 2015 is $3,079, and Bam Contracting, LLC averages $14,399 (3 cited inspections).
Bam Contracting, LLC also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
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Referral · Partial · Safety · 160 employees at the site · Closed Nov 25, 2024
1405 N. 16 Th Street Preservation Square Community Building, Saint Louis, MO 63106 · Commercial and Institutional Building Construction · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2023, the North Kansas City site logged 5 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 48 workers: 10.0 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.3 for its industry. Those cases cost 230 days away from work.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
BAM Contracting LLC Kansas City, MO
North Kansas City · 2023
48
5
2
10.0
2.3
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.
May 10, 2023, Saint Louis: Hospitalization · fractures · upper and lower limb(s)
An employee was nailing a lath to set a truss when the nails came loose and the truss fell onto the employee. The employee sustained fractures to the wrist and knee as well as a head laceration.
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(a) General. (1) The employer shall ensure that each affected employee uses appropriate eye or face protection when exposed to eye or face hazards from flying particles, molten metal, liquid chemicals, acids or caustic liquids, chemical gases or vapors, or potentially injurious light radiation.
(8) A metal spreader or locking device shall be provided on each stepladder to hold the front and back sections in an open position when the ladder is being used.
(2) The employer shall determine if the walking/working surfaces on which its employees are to work have the strength and structural integrity to support employees safely. Employees shall be allowed to work on those surfaces only when the surfaces have the requisite strength and structural integrity.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA enforcement data. A citation is OSHA's allegation; employers can contest it, and the status column shows where each item stands. Something wrong on this page? Tell us.
