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Davis Contracting: OSHA inspections and violations

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania · Roofing Contractors · NAICS 238160

3inspections
3citation items
$7,519current penalties
Mar 8, 2017last inspection

OSHA has inspected Davis Contracting 3 times in Pennsylvania since 1985.

The latest one began on Mar 8, 2017 on a referral, in Quakertown.

Those inspections ended with 3 citation items: 3 serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $8,019 and now stand at $7,519, 6% lower after settlements or reviews.

Fall protection in construction comes up most often in these citations: 2 items under 1926.501.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for construction employers since 2015 is $3,079, and Davis Contracting averages $6,519 (1 cited inspection).

Davis Contracting: OSHA citation items per year, 1985 to 2017
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 342156742 OPENED MAR 8, 2017Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 2 employees at the site · Closed Mar 8, 2022

921 W. Broad St., Quakertown, PA 18951 · Roofing Contractors · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(i) · Scaffolds, general requirements
Serious$2,716$2,716Mar 13, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13) · Fall protection in construction
Serious$3,803$3,803Mar 13, 2017Final

Inspection 306904848 OPENED OCT 23, 2003Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 2 employees at the site · Closed Sep 14, 2004

20111 Route 19, 06anberry Township, PA 16066 · Roofing Contractors · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1926.501(b)(10) · Fall protection in construction
Serious$1,500$1,000Nov 18, 2003Closed

Inspection 17605437 OPENED JUL 1, 1985Closed

Unprogrammed other · Complete · Safety · 4 employees at the site · Closed Jul 3, 1985

200 First Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA 15219 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1926.451 · Scaffolds, general requirements

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(i)

(i) Each employee on a boatswains' chair, catenary scaffold, float scaffold, needle beam scaffold, or ladder jack scaffold shall be protected by a personal fall arrest system;

29 CFR 1926.501 · Fall protection in construction

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(10)

(10) Roofing work on Low-slope roofs. Except as otherwise provided in paragraph (b) of this section, each employee engaged in roofing activities on low-slope roofs, with unprotected sides and edges 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels shall be protected from falling by guardrail systems, safety net systems, personal fall arrest systems, or a combination of warning line system and guardrail system, warning line system and safety net system, or warning line system and personal fall arrest system, or warning line system and safety monitoring system. Or, on roofs 50-feet (15.25 m) or less in width (see appendix A to subpart M of this part), the use of a safety monitoring system alone [i.e. without the warning line system] is permitted.

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13)

(13) Residential construction. Each employee engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels shall be protected by guardrail systems, safety net system, or personal fall arrest system unless another provision in paragraph (b) of this section provides for an alternative fall protection measure. Exception: When the employer can demonstrate that it is infeasible or creates a greater hazard to use these systems, the employer shall develop and implement a fall protection plan which meets the requirements of paragraph (k) of § 1926.502.

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