Bethlehem Construction, Incorporated has 3 OSHA inspections on record in California, the first in 1994.
OSHA's last visit started on Apr 25, 2024 after an accident, in Bakersfield, and the case has not closed yet.
Across those inspections OSHA issued 5 citation items: 5 other-than-serious.
OSHA proposed $1,680 in penalties and the amount has not been reduced.
For context, across all construction employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $3,080. Bethlehem Construction, Incorporated averages $840 over 2 cited inspections in that time.
Bethlehem Construction, Incorporated also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
Incident on Mar 7, 1994: Two employees injured when one falls from extension ladder
At approximately 11:00 hours on March 7, 1994, Employee #1 was working for a com pany that was constructing a 35,000 sq ft Control Atmosphere building. He was st anding on a 40 ft extension ladder, drilling a hole in a pre-fabricated wall wit h a rotor hammer, preparing to move a wall brace. The ladder slid from under him and he fell 20 ft, sustaining a broken wrist and contusions to his left leg and shoulder. He was taken to Bakersfield Memorial Hospital for treatment. When he began to fall, he dropped the rotor hammer, which subsequently struck Employee # 2 on his hip. Employee #2's injury did not require hospitalization. The investig ation revealed that the ladder that Employee #1 was using did not have rubber fe et. Additionally, the floor was wet from rain that had fallen the night before.
No citations from this inspection.
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2023, the Wasco site logged 1 recordable injury or illness among about 58 workers: 1.8 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.8 for its industry. Those cases cost 288 days away from work.
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
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.