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Eddie Gerrald: OSHA inspections and violations

Whitsett, North Carolina · Other Building Equipment Contractors · NAICS 238290

1inspections
4citation items
$8,400current penalties
Dec 31, 2019last inspection

Eddie Gerrald has one OSHA inspection on record in North Carolina.

OSHA opened it on Dec 31, 2019 after a fatality or catastrophe, in Whitsett.

From that inspection OSHA issued 4 citation items: 4 serious.

OSHA proposed $10,500 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $8,400, down 20%.

For context, across all construction employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $3,080. Eddie Gerrald averages $8,400 over 1 cited inspection in that time.

1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.

Eddie Gerrald: OSHA citation items per year, 2019 to 2019
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 344535299 OPENED DEC 31, 2019Closed

Fatality or catastrophe · Partial · Safety · 16 employees at the site · Closed Aug 26, 2024

6538 Judge Adams Rd, Whitsett, NC 27377 · Other Building Equipment Contractors · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Dec 31, 2019 (fatal): Employee is killed in fall from elevated platform

On December 31, 2019, Employee #1 was installing a metal grating on an elevated platform. He fell, a fall height of 18.25 feet, and struck his head on concrete. The employee was killed.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1926.502(d)(21) · Fall protection systems
 Serious$2,100$1,680Apr 22, 2020Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1926.754(e)(5)(i) · Structural steel assembly
 Serious$2,800$2,240Apr 22, 2020Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1926.760(a)(1) · Fall protection
 Serious$2,800$2,240Apr 22, 2020Final
Citation 1, item 4
29 CFR 1926.761(b) · Training
 Serious$2,800$2,240Apr 22, 2020Final

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1926.502 · Fall protection systems

29 CFR 1926.502(d)(21)

(21) Personal fall arrest systems shall be inspected prior to each use for wear, damage and other deterioration, and defective components shall be removed from service.

29 CFR 1926.754 · Structural steel assembly

29 CFR 1926.754(e)(5)(i)

(5) Installation of metal decking. (i) Except as provided in § 1926.760(c), metal decking shall be laid tightly and immediately secured upon placement to prevent accidental movement or displacement.

29 CFR 1926.760 · Fall protection

29 CFR 1926.760(a)(1)

(a) General requirements. (1) Except as provided by paragraph (a)(3) of this section, each employee engaged in a steel erection activity who is on a walking/working surface with an unprotected side or edge more than 15 feet (4.6 m) above a lower level shall be protected from fall hazards by guardrail systems, safety net systems, personal fall arrest systems, positioning device systems or fall restraint systems.

29 CFR 1926.761 · Training

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