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Core Framing, LLC: OSHA inspections and violations

Sioux Falls, South Dakota · Framing Contractors · NAICS 238130

1inspections
9citation items
$137,508current penalties
Jul 13, 2023last inspection

OSHA has inspected Core Framing, LLC once in South Dakota.

The inspection began on Jul 13, 2023 after a fatality or catastrophe, in Sioux Falls.

That inspection ended with 9 citation items: 8 serious and 1 willful.

Penalties were first proposed at $137,508 and still stand at $137,508.

Scaffolds, general requirements comes up most often in these citations: 2 items under 1926.451.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for construction employers since 2015 is $3,078, and Core Framing, LLC averages $137,508 (1 cited inspection).

1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.

Core Framing, LLC also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.

Core Framing, LLC: OSHA citation items per year, 2023 to 2023
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 346831423 OPENED JUL 13, 2023Closed

Fatality or catastrophe · Complete · Safety · 8 employees at the site · Closed Feb 16, 2024

5501 - 5503 & 5505 - 5507 South Huntwood Avenue, Sioux Falls, SD 57110 · Framing Contractors · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Jul 13, 2023 (fatal): Employee is killed from blunt trauma in fall while framing r

At 3:30 p.m. on July 13, 2023, an employee working as a construction laborer for a framing contractor was framing a residential property. The employee fell from the upper roof area to the concrete floor below. He died from a head injury as a result impact with the floor.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1926.20(b)(2) · Construction safety programs
 Serious$10,938$10,938Jan 2, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 2a
29 CFR 1910.178(l)(1)(i) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
 Serious$9,376$9,376Jan 2, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 2b
29 CFR 1910.178(m)(5)(ii) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
 Serious$0$0Jan 2, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 3a
29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1) · Scaffolds, general requirements
 Serious$9,376$9,376Jan 2, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 3b
29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2)(v) · Scaffolds, general requirements
 Serious$0$0Jan 2, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 4a
29 CFR 1926.1052(c)(12) · Stairways in construction
 Serious$9,376$9,376Jan 2, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 4b
29 CFR 1926.1052(c)(1)(i) · Stairways in construction
 Serious$0$0Jan 2, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 5
29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1) · Ladders in construction
 Serious$4,687$4,687Jan 2, 2024Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13) · Fall protection in construction
 Willful$93,755$93,755Jan 2, 2024Final

Injury and illness logs

From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.

In 2025, the Sioux Falls site logged 3 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 35 workers: 7.9 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.8 for its industry.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
Core Framing
Sioux Falls · 2025
35 307.92.8

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.178 · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(1)(i)

(l) Operator training. (1) Safe operation. (i) The employer shall ensure that each powered industrial truck operator is competent to operate a powered industrial truck safely, as demonstrated by the successful completion of the training and evaluation specified in this paragraph (l).

29 CFR 1910.178(m)(5)(ii)

(ii) A powered industrial truck is unattended when the operator is 25 ft. or more away from the vehicle which remains in his view, or whenever the operator leaves the vehicle and it is not in his view.

29 CFR 1926.1052 · Stairways in construction

29 CFR 1926.1052(c)(1)(i)

(i) At least one handrail; and

29 CFR 1926.1053 · Ladders in construction

29 CFR 1926.20 · Construction safety programs

29 CFR 1926.451 · Scaffolds, general requirements

29 CFR 1926.501 · Fall protection in construction

Other framing contractors employers in South Dakota

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