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Blanton Contracting LLC: OSHA inspections and violations

West Point, Mississippi · Roofing Contractors · NAICS 238160

1inspections
3citation items
$14,400current penalties
Jul 30, 2024last inspection

Blanton Contracting LLC has one OSHA inspection on record in Mississippi.

OSHA opened it on Jul 30, 2024 after a fatality or catastrophe, in West Point, and the case has not closed yet.

From that inspection OSHA issued 3 citation items: 3 serious.

OSHA proposed $22,934 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $14,400, down 37%.

For context, across all construction employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $3,079. Blanton Contracting LLC averages $14,400 over 1 cited inspection in that time.

1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.

Blanton Contracting LLC: OSHA citation items per year, 2024 to 2024
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 347654766 OPENED JUL 30, 2024Open

Fatality or catastrophe · Complete · Safety · 2 employees at the site · Open

351 Lone Oak Road, West Point, MS 39773 · Roofing Contractors · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Jul 30, 2024 (fatal): Employee dies from electrocution contacting energized wires

At 10:15 a.m. on July 30, 2024, an employee working as a roofer for a roofing contractor was applying underlayment near an electrical weatherhead. The employee made contact with an exposed energized electrical splice or splices. The employee was electrocuted and died as a result.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1926.50(c) · Medical services and first aid
 Serious$3,547$2,000Jan 23, 2025Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1926.416(a)(1) · Electrical safety in construction
 Serious$16,550$10,400Jan 23, 2025Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1926.501(b)(10) · Fall protection in construction
 Serious$2,837$2,000Jan 23, 2025Final

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1926.416 · Electrical safety in construction

29 CFR 1926.416(a)(1)

(a) Protection of employees. (1) No employer shall permit an employee to work in such proximity to any part of an electric power circuit that the employee could contact the electric power circuit in the course of work, unless the employee is protected against electric shock by deenergizing the circuit and grounding it or by guarding it effectively by insulation or other means.

29 CFR 1926.50 · Medical services and first aid

29 CFR 1926.50(c)

(c) In the absence of an infirmary, clinic, hospital, or physician, that is reasonably accessible in terms of time and distance to the worksite, which is available for the treatment of injured employees, a person who has a valid certificate in first-aid training from the U.S. Bureau of Mines, the American Red Cross, or equivalent training that can be verified by documentary evidence, shall be available at the worksite to render first aid.

29 CFR 1926.501 · Fall protection in construction

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(10)

(10) Roofing work on Low-slope roofs. Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (b) of this section, each employee engaged in roofing activities on low-slope roofs, with unprotected sides and edges 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels shall be protected from falling by guardrail systems, safety net systems, personal fall arrest systems, or a combination of warning line system and guardrail system, warning line system and safety net system, or warning line system and personal fall arrest system, or warning line system and safety monitoring system. Or, on roofs 50-feet (15.25 m) or less in width (see appendix A to subpart M of this part), the use of a safety monitoring system alone [i.e. without the warning line system] is permitted.

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