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Cates Contracting: OSHA inspections and violations

Timberlake, North Carolina · Residential Remodelers · NAICS 236118

1inspections
7citation items
$12,700current penalties
Dec 7, 2020last inspection

OSHA has inspected Cates Contracting once in North Carolina.

The inspection began on Dec 7, 2020 after a fatality or catastrophe, in Timberlake.

That inspection ended with 7 citation items: 5 serious and 2 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $12,700 and still stand at $12,700.

Scaffolds, general requirements comes up most often in these citations: 3 items under 1926.451.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for construction employers since 2015 is $3,078, and Cates Contracting averages $12,700 (1 cited inspection).

1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.

Cates Contracting: OSHA citation items per year, 2020 to 2020
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 345076467 OPENED DEC 7, 2020Closed

Fatality or catastrophe · Partial · Health · 2 employees at the site · Closed Apr 16, 2024

786 Roby Barton Rd, Timberlake, NC 27583 · Residential Remodelers · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Dec 1, 2020 (fatal): Employee dies after fall from site-built scaffold

On December 1, 2020, Employee #1, employed by a home remodeler, was working at a job site. He was attempting to construct a scaffold/platform with 2 by 6 boards of lumber. As he accessed a board, it broke, causing him to fall to the concrete surface, a fall height of 12 feet 8 inches. Emergency services transported the employee to the hospital, where he was admitted for treatment of severe head trauma. Employee #1 died the following day, December 2, 2020.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1926.20(b)(2) · Construction safety programs
 Serious$2,100$2,100May 25, 2021Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1926.451(f)(7) · Scaffolds, general requirements
 Serious$2,800$2,800May 25, 2021Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(i) · Scaffolds, general requirements
 Serious$2,100$2,100May 25, 2021Final
Citation 1, item 4
29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(vii) · Scaffolds, general requirements
 Serious$2,100$2,100May 25, 2021Final
Citation 1, item 5
29 CFR 1926.454(a) · Scaffold training
 Serious$2,100$2,100May 25, 2021Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1904.39(a)(1) · Reporting deaths and severe injuries
 Other-than-serious$1,500$1,500May 25, 2021Final
Citation 2, item 2
29 CFR 1926.503(b)(1) · Fall protection training in construction
 Other-than-serious$0$0May 25, 2021Final

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1904.39 · Reporting deaths and severe injuries

29 CFR 1904.39(a)(1)

(a) Basic requirement. (1) Within eight (8) hours after the death of any employee as a result of a work-related incident, you must report the fatality to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), U.S. Department of Labor.

29 CFR 1926.20 · Construction safety programs

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(2)

(2) Such programs shall provide for frequent and regular inspections of the job sites, materials, and equipment to be made by competent persons designated by the employers.

29 CFR 1926.451 · Scaffolds, general requirements

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(7)

(7) Scaffolds shall be erected, moved, dismantled, or altered only under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection, moving, dismantling or alteration. Such activities shall be performed only by experienced and trained employees selected for such work by the competent person.

29 CFR 1926.454 · Scaffold training

29 CFR 1926.503 · Fall protection training in construction

Other residential remodelers employers in North Carolina

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