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BTC Builders Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Okeechobee, Florida · New Multifamily Housing Construction (except For-Sale Builders) · NAICS 236116

1inspections
2citation items
$3,978current penalties
Jul 24, 2019last inspection

OSHA inspectors have visited BTC Builders Inc. in Florida one time.

It opened on Jul 24, 2019 on a referral, in Okeechobee.

In all, OSHA issued 2 citation items: 2 serious.

The proposed penalties came to $7,956; today they stand at $3,978, 50% less.

Among construction employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $3,080 penalty. BTC Builders Inc. averages $3,978 across 1 cited inspection.

It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.

BTC Builders Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 2019 to 2019
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 344203682 OPENED JUL 24, 2019Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 4 employees at the site · Closed Nov 21, 2019

833 Us 441, Okeechobee, FL 34974 · New Multifamily Housing Construction (except For-Sale Builders) · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Jul 19, 2019: Employee falls from ladder and fractures head

At 11:10 a.m. on July 19, 2019, an employee was stepping onto an A-Frame ladder that was leaning against a wall. The employee fell and fractured his head. The employee was hospitalized.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1926.501(b)(10) · Fall protection in construction
Serious$3,978$1,989Oct 9, 2019Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(4) · Ladders in construction
Serious$3,978$1,989Oct 9, 2019Final

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.

Jul 19, 2019, Okeechobee: Hospitalization · fractures · multiple body parts, n.e.c.

An employee was on the roof setting up a ladder to reach higher elevations during siding installation operations. He fell off the roof and landed on a table 10 feet below. The employee sustained fractures to his shoulders and face.

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1926.1053 · Ladders in construction

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(4)

(4) Ladders shall be used only for the purpose for which they were designed.

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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