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Cota Construction: OSHA inspections and violations

Fargo, North Dakota · New Single-Family Housing Construction (except For-Sale Builders) · NAICS 236115

1inspections
3citation items
$4,000current penalties
Mar 8, 2023last inspection

Cota Construction has one OSHA inspection on record in North Dakota.

OSHA opened it on Mar 8, 2023 as a planned inspection, in Fargo.

From that inspection OSHA issued 3 citation items: 3 serious.

OSHA proposed $9,644 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $4,000, down 59%.

For context, across all construction employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $3,079. Cota Construction averages $4,000 over 1 cited inspection in that time.

Cota Construction: OSHA citation items per year, 2023 to 2023
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 346555121 OPENED MAR 8, 2023Closed

Planned · Partial · Safety · 4 employees at the site · Closed Jul 5, 2023

7348 Madelyn Lane South, Fargo, ND 58102 · New Single-Family Housing Construction (except For-Sale Builders) · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1) · Eye and face protection in construction
 Serious$2,679$1,000Apr 20, 2023Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1926.304(i)(1) · Woodworking tools
 Serious$4,688$2,000Apr 20, 2023Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2)(v) · Scaffolds, general requirements
 Serious$2,277$1,000Apr 20, 2023Final

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1926.102 · Eye and face protection in construction

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1)

(a) General. (1) The employer shall ensure that each affected employee uses appropriate eye or face protection when exposed to eye or face hazards from flying particles, molten metal, liquid chemicals, acids or caustic liquids, chemical gases or vapors, or potentially injurious light radiation.

29 CFR 1926.304 · Woodworking tools

29 CFR 1926.304(i)(1)

(i) Hand-fed ripsaws. (1) Each circular hand-fed ripsaw shall be guarded by a hood which shall completely enclose that portion of the saw above the table and that portion of the saw above the material being cut. The hood and mounting shall be arranged so that the hood will automatically adjust itself to the thickness of and remain in contact with the material being cut but it shall not offer any considerable resistance to insertion of material to saw or to passage of the material being sawed. The hood shall be made of adequate strength to resist blows and strains incidental to reasonable operation, adjusting, and handling, and shall be so designed as to protect the operator from flying splinters and broken saw teeth. It shall be made of material that is soft enough so that it will be unlikely to cause tooth breakage. The hood shall be so mounted as to insure that its operation will be po

29 CFR 1926.451 · Scaffolds, general requirements

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2)(v)

(v) Fork-lifts shall not be used to support scaffold platforms unless the entire platform is attached to the fork and the fork-lift is not moved horizontally while the platform is occupied.

Other new single-family housing construction (except for-sale builders) employers in North Dakota

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