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Choice Builders: OSHA inspections and violations

Belpre, Ohio · Roofing Contractors · NAICS 238160

2inspections
5citation items
$5,737current penalties
Dec 27, 2016last inspection

OSHA has inspected Choice Builders 2 times in Ohio since 2016.

The latest one began on Dec 27, 2016 after a fatality or catastrophe, in Belpre.

Those inspections ended with 5 citation items: 3 serious and 2 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $12,072 and now stand at $5,737, 52% lower after settlements or reviews.

Reporting deaths and severe injuries comes up most often in these citations: 2 items under 1904.39.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for construction employers since 2015 is $3,078, and Choice Builders averages $2,869 (2 cited inspections).

1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.

Choice Builders: OSHA citation items per year, 2016 to 2016
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 341996643 OPENED DEC 27, 2016Closed

Fatality or catastrophe · Partial · Safety · 4 employees at the site · Closed Jul 23, 2018

303-307 Lee Street, Belpre, OH 45714 · Roofing Contractors · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Dec 27, 2016 (fatal): Employee falls from ladder and is killed

At 10:00 a.m. on December 21, 2016, an employee, a 45 year old male, was assisting another employee install a fascia board on the edge of a 2 story roof. The employee was standing on a ladder and was attempting to push the fascia board into place when the employee lost his footing on the ladder and fell approximately 15 feet. 911 was called and the employee was transported to the hospital. On December 27, 2016 the employee died from head injuries from the fall.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1904.39(a)(1) · Reporting deaths and severe injuries
 Other-than-serious$2,987$1,195Feb 22, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1904.39(a)(2) · Reporting deaths and severe injuries
 Other-than-serious$0$0Feb 22, 2017Final

Inspection 341907657 OPENED NOV 14, 2016Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 3 employees at the site · Closed Oct 16, 2018

303 Lee Street, Belpre, OH 45714 · Roofing Contractors · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1926.416(a)(1) · Electrical safety in construction
 Serious$2,672$1,336Nov 16, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13) · Fall protection in construction
 Serious$3,741$1,870Nov 16, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1926.503(a)(2) · Fall protection training in construction
 Serious$2,672$1,336Nov 16, 2016Final

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 1904.39(a)(2)

(2) Within twenty-four (24) hours after the in-patient hospitalization of one or more employees or an employee's amputation or an employee's loss of an eye, as a result of a work-related incident, you must report the in-patient hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye to OSHA.

29 CFR 1926.416 · Electrical safety in construction

29 CFR 1926.416(a)(1)

(a) Protection of employees. (1) No employer shall permit an employee to work in such proximity to any part of an electric power circuit that the employee could contact the electric power circuit in the course of work, unless the employee is protected against electric shock by deenergizing the circuit and grounding it or by guarding it effectively by insulation or other means.

29 CFR 1926.501 · Fall protection in construction

29 CFR 1926.503 · Fall protection training in construction

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