OSHA has inspected Building Solutions, LLC 4 times in Arizona since 2005.
The latest one began on May 4, 2021 as part of a related case, in Tucson.
Those inspections ended with 3 citation items: 1 serious and 2 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $7,000 and now stand at $3,500, 50% lower after settlements or reviews.
Hazard communication comes up most often in these citations: 2 items under 1910.1200.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for construction employers since 2015 is $3,080, and Building Solutions, LLC averages $0 (1 cited inspection).
1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.
Inspection 312255102 OPENED MAY 14, 2008Closed
Planned · Complete · Safety · 7 employees at the site · Closed Jun 11, 2008
1833 W Southern Ave Bldg #15, Mesa, AZ 85210 · All Other Specialty Trade Contractors · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
No citations from this inspection.
Inspection 309176196 OPENED JUN 30, 2005Closed
Accident · Partial · Health · 2 employees at the site · Closed Jun 3, 2016
1833 W Southern Ave Bldg #15, Mesa, AZ 85210 · Other Services to Buildings and Dwellings · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
Incident on Jun 29, 2005 (fatal): Employee is killed in explosion of drum with chemicals
At approximately 1:30 p.m. on June 29, 2005, Employee #1, 39-year old worker, wa s cutting the top off of an empty 55-gallon drum that contained a Styrene monome r. Employee #1 was using a Bosch handheld radial saw equipped with a metal blade . Employee #1 was working on the last empty drum. It appears that the bungs were not removed, and therefore the drum was not rinsed. Employee #1 laid the drum d own on its side and was cutting the bottom off of the drum, when it exploded. Th e drum caught on fire, blowing the bottom off of the drum and sending it flying against the wall. Employee #1 was burned over 80 percent of his body and died on July 5, 2005. The previous empty drums that Employee #1 cut through had the bun gs removed. There were three other flammable resin UN 1866 drums that he cut the tops off of successfully. These drums were marked as Xylene.
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|
| Citation 1, item 2 |
Serious | $7,000 | $3,500 | Oct 4, 2005 | Final |
| Citation 2, item 1 |
Other-than-serious | $0 | $0 | Oct 4, 2005 | Final |
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
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