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Browne Builders, LLC: OSHA inspections and violations

Caledonia, Michigan · Framing Contractors · NAICS 238130

2inspections
8citation items
$1,800current penalties
Aug 19, 2020last inspection

OSHA has inspected Browne Builders, LLC 2 times in Michigan since 2014.

The latest one began on Aug 19, 2020 as a planned inspection, in Muskegon.

Those inspections ended with 8 citation items: 6 serious and 2 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $1,800 and still stand at $1,800.

Fall protection in construction comes up most often in these citations: 2 items under 1926.501.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for construction employers since 2015 is $3,080, and Browne Builders, LLC averages $1,400 (1 cited inspection).

Browne Builders, LLC: OSHA citation items per year, 2014 to 2020
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 344894100 OPENED AUG 19, 2020Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 3 employees at the site · Closed Feb 14, 2021

676 Terrace Point Circle, Muskegon, MI 49440 · Framing Contractors · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13) · Fall protection in construction
 Serious$500$500Sep 29, 2020Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1) · Fall protection training in construction
 Serious$0$0Sep 29, 2020Final
Citation 1, item 2a
29 CFR 408.41126(3)
 Serious$500$500Sep 29, 2020Final
Citation 1, item 2b
29 CFR 408.41112(1)
 Serious$0$0Sep 29, 2020Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1926.100(a) · Hard hats in construction
 Serious$400$400Sep 29, 2020Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 408.41863(4)
 Other-than-serious$0$0Sep 29, 2020Final

Inspection 339934945 OPENED AUG 12, 2014Closed

Planned · Partial · Safety · 4 employees at the site · Closed Mar 2, 2015

1655 Sweetgrass Dr Se, Caledonia, MI 49316 · Framing Contractors · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1926.501(b)(14) · Fall protection in construction
 Serious$200$200Sep 10, 2014Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 408.22349(1)
 Other-than-serious$200$200Jan 15, 2015Final

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1926.100 · Hard hats in construction

29 CFR 1926.100(a)

(a) Employees working in areas where there is a possible danger of head injury from impact, or from falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, shall be protected by protective helmets.

29 CFR 1926.501 · Fall protection in construction

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13)

(13) Residential construction. Each employee engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels shall be protected by guardrail systems, safety net system, or personal fall arrest system unless another provision in paragraph (b) of this section provides for an alternative fall protection measure. Exception: When the employer can demonstrate that it is infeasible or creates a greater hazard to use these systems, the employer shall develop and implement a fall protection plan which meets the requirements of paragraph (k) of § 1926.502.

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(14)

(14) Wall openings. Each employee working on, at, above, or near wall openings (including those with chutes attached) where the outside bottom edge of the wall opening is 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels and the inside bottom edge of the wall opening is less than 39 inches (1.0 m) above the walking/working surface, shall be protected from falling by the use of a guardrail system, a safety net system, or a personal fall arrest system.

29 CFR 1926.503 · Fall protection training in construction

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