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Bernabe Castillo: OSHA inspections and violations

West Jefferson, North Carolina · Painting and Wall Covering Contractors · NAICS 238320

1inspections
3citation items
$4,600current penalties
Feb 6, 2023last inspection

OSHA has inspected Bernabe Castillo once in North Carolina.

The inspection began on Feb 6, 2023 after a fatality or catastrophe, in West Jefferson.

That inspection ended with 3 citation items: 2 serious and 1 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $4,600 and still stand at $4,600.

Scaffolds, general requirements comes up most often in these citations: 2 items under 1926.451.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for construction employers since 2015 is $3,078, and Bernabe Castillo averages $4,600 (1 cited inspection).

1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.

Bernabe Castillo: OSHA citation items per year, 2023 to 2023
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 346484439 OPENED FEB 6, 2023Closed

Fatality or catastrophe · Partial · Safety · 5 employees at the site · Closed Jul 19, 2024

120 Dusty Ridge Drive, West Jefferson, NC 28694 · Painting and Wall Covering Contractors · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Aug 5, 2022 (fatal): Employee dies from head injury after fall from scaffold

On August 5, 2022, an employee was working on a jobsite when he lost his balance and fell from a scaffold landing on his head. The employee incurred head and neck injuries and died onsite. Multiple rounds of life saving measures administered by emergency services was unsuccessful, and he was pronounced dead a short time later in the emergency room.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1)(i) · Scaffolds, general requirements
 Serious$1,300$1,300Jun 16, 2023Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1) · Scaffolds, general requirements
 Serious$1,300$1,300Jun 16, 2023Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1904.39(a)(1) · Reporting deaths and severe injuries
 Other-than-serious$2,000$2,000Jun 16, 2023Final

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1904.39 · Reporting deaths and severe injuries

29 CFR 1904.39(a)(1)

(a) Basic requirement. (1) Within eight (8) hours after the death of any employee as a result of a work-related incident, you must report the fatality to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), U.S. Department of Labor.

29 CFR 1926.451 · Scaffolds, general requirements

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1)(i)

(i) Each platform unit (e.g., scaffold plank, fabricated plank, fabricated deck, or fabricated platform) shall be installed so that the space between adjacent units and the space between the platform and the uprights is no more than 1 inch (2.5 cm) wide, except where the employer can demonstrate that a wider space is necessary (for example, to fit around uprights when side brackets are used to extend the width of the platform).

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.

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