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Berlin Builders, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Middletown, Delaware · Framing Contractors · NAICS 238130

4inspections
9citation items
$191,600current penalties
Nov 16, 2015last inspection

Since 2015, OSHA inspectors have visited Berlin Builders, Inc. in Delaware 4 times.

The most recent inspection opened on Nov 16, 2015 on a referral, in Middletown.

In all, OSHA issued 9 citation items: 2 serious and 7 repeat.

The penalties, $191,600 in total, stand where OSHA first set them.

The rule cited most here is 1926.503 (fall protection training in construction), 3 times.

Among construction employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $3,080 penalty. Berlin Builders, Inc. averages $47,900 across 4 cited inspections.

Berlin Builders, Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 2015 to 2015
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 341072148 OPENED NOV 16, 2015Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 4 employees at the site · Closed Jul 9, 2019

Lot 393,394,395 Ridgemont Dr, West Parkshore, Middletown, DE 19709 · Framing Contractors · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13) · Fall protection in construction
Repeat$30,800$30,800Dec 14, 2015Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1) · Fall protection training in construction
Repeat$6,600$6,600Dec 14, 2015Final

Inspection 340932227 OPENED SEP 18, 2015Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 8 employees at the site · Closed Apr 16, 2020

Lot 318, Gaither Dr, Middletown, DE 19709 · New Housing For-Sale Builders · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1926.454(a) · Scaffold training
Serious$5,500$5,500Mar 17, 2016Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1) · Scaffolds, general requirements
Repeat$26,950$26,950Mar 17, 2016Final
Citation 2, item 2
29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(vii) · Scaffolds, general requirements
Repeat$53,900$53,900Mar 17, 2016Final
Citation 2, item 3
29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1) · Fall protection training in construction
Repeat$19,250$19,250Mar 17, 2016Final

Inspection 341254837 OPENED SEP 18, 2015Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 2 employees at the site · Closed Jul 9, 2019

453 Gaither Drive, Middletown, DE 19709 · Framing Contractors · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1) · Scaffolds, general requirements
Repeat$26,950$26,950Mar 17, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1) · Fall protection training in construction
Repeat$19,250$19,250Mar 17, 2016Final

Inspection 340832005 OPENED JUL 21, 2015Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 4 employees at the site · Closed Aug 20, 2019

Lot 200 Tuscan Drive Parkside Development, Middletown, DE 19709 · Commercial and Institutional Building Construction · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13) · Fall protection in construction
Serious$2,400$2,400Sep 2, 2015Final

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1926.451 · Scaffolds, general requirements

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1)

(1) When scaffold platforms are more than 2 feet (0.6 m) above or below a point of access, portable ladders, hook-on ladders, attachable ladders, stair towers (scaffold stairways/towers), stairway-type ladders (such as ladder stands), ramps, walkways, integral prefabricated scaffold access, or direct access from another scaffold, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface shall be used. Crossbraces shall not be used as a means of access.

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(vii)

(vii) For all scaffolds not otherwise specified in paragraphs (g)(1)(i) through (g)(1)(vi) of this section, each employee shall be protected by the use of personal fall arrest systems or guardrail systems meeting the requirements of paragraph (g)(4) of this section.

29 CFR 1926.454 · Scaffold training

29 CFR 1926.454(a)

(a) The employer shall have each employee who performs work while on a scaffold trained by a person qualified in the subject matter to recognize the hazards associated with the type of scaffold being used and to understand the procedures to control or minimize those hazards. The training shall include the following areas, as applicable:

29 CFR 1926.501 · Fall protection in construction

29 CFR 1926.503 · Fall protection training in construction

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