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Buffalo Construction, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Beltsville, Maryland · Commercial and Institutional Building Construction · NAICS 236220

4inspections
1citation items
$825current penalties
Apr 27, 2017last inspection

Buffalo Construction, Inc. has 4 OSHA inspections on record in Maryland, the first in 1987.

OSHA's last visit started on Apr 27, 2017 as a planned inspection, in Rosedale.

Across those inspections OSHA issued 1 citation item: 1 serious.

OSHA proposed $825 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. Buffalo Construction, Inc. averages $825 over 1 cited inspection in that time.

Buffalo Construction, Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 1987 to 2017
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 342295573 OPENED APR 27, 2017Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 1 employee at the site · Closed Jul 20, 2017

5351 Cambell Boulevard, Rosedale, MD 21237 · Commercial and Institutional Building Construction · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1926.501(b)(15) · Fall protection in construction
Serious$825$825Jul 6, 2017Final

Inspection 342024957 OPENED JAN 12, 2017Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 33 employees at the site · Closed Jan 24, 2017

Site 330 Mountain Ash Court, Hampstead, MD 21074 · Water and Sewer Line and Related Structures Construction · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 315786830 OPENED SEP 14, 2011Closed

Unprogrammed other · Complete · Safety · 1 employee at the site · Closed Sep 19, 2011

46370 Lexington Village Way, Lexington Park, MD 20653 · Commercial and Institutional Building Construction · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 18843987 OPENED SEP 4, 1987Closed

Accident · Partial · Safety · 10 employees at the site · Closed Sep 10, 1987

12050 Baltimore Boulevard, Beltsville, MD 20705 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Sep 4, 1987: Employee's shoulder bruised when struck by falling bricks

Employee #1 was on the work platform of a three brick high scaffold. He has laid three courses of brick on an angle iron. As Employee #1 bent down to obtain mor e brick from the stock platform, the three courses of brick fell 18 in. off the iron angle beam and four bricks struck him on the back of his shoulder. He susta ined bruises to his upper shoulder and was hospitalized.

No citations from this inspection.

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1926.501 · Fall protection in construction

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(15)

(15) Walking/working surfaces not otherwise addressed. Except as provided in § 1926.500(a)(2) or in § 1926.501 (b)(1) through (b)(14), each employee on a walking/working surface 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels shall be protected from falling by a guardrail system, safety net system, or personal fall arrest system.

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