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Big Eagle Construction, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Elkton, South Dakota · Roofing Contractors · NAICS 238160

1inspections
3citation items
$9,235current penalties
Nov 2, 2016last inspection

OSHA has inspected Big Eagle Construction, Inc. once in South Dakota.

The inspection began on Nov 2, 2016 on a referral, in Elkton.

That inspection ended with 3 citation items: 3 serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $9,235 and still stand at $9,235.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for construction employers since 2015 is $3,078, and Big Eagle Construction, Inc. averages $9,235 (1 cited inspection).

It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.

Big Eagle Construction, Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 2016 to 2016
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 341880599 OPENED NOV 2, 2016Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 3 employees at the site · Closed Feb 27, 2017

48198 215th St., Elkton, SD 57026 · Roofing Contractors · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1926.20(b)(2) · Construction safety programs
 Serious$2,716$2,716Jan 26, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1926.760(a)(1) · Fall protection
 Serious$3,803$3,803Jan 26, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1926.761(b) · Training
 Serious$2,716$2,716Jan 26, 2017Final

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.

Oct 28, 2016, Elkton: Hospitalization · soreness, pain, hurt-nonspecified injury · back, including spine, spinal cord, unspecified

An employee fell approximately 24 feet off a roof and sustained back injuries.

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1926.20 · Construction safety programs

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(2)

(2) Such programs shall provide for frequent and regular inspections of the job sites, materials, and equipment to be made by competent persons designated by the employers.

29 CFR 1926.760 · Fall protection

29 CFR 1926.760(a)(1)

(a) General requirements. (1) Except as provided by paragraph (a)(3) of this section, each employee engaged in a steel erection activity who is on a walking/working surface with an unprotected side or edge more than 15 feet (4.6 m) above a lower level shall be protected from fall hazards by guardrail systems, safety net systems, personal fall arrest systems, positioning device systems or fall restraint systems.

29 CFR 1926.761 · Training

29 CFR 1926.761(b)

(b) Fall hazard training. The employer shall train each employee exposed to a fall hazard in accordance with the requirements of this section. The employer shall institute a training program and ensure employee participation in the program. The program shall include training and instruction in the following areas:

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