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Eks Wall Systems Inc: OSHA inspections and violations

Seneca, South Carolina · All Other Specialty Trade Contractors · NAICS 238990

3inspections
7citation items
$1,487current penalties
Aug 9, 2016last inspection

OSHA has inspected Eks Wall Systems Inc 3 times in South Carolina since 2001.

The latest one began on Aug 9, 2016 as a planned inspection, in Charleston.

Those inspections ended with 7 citation items: 7 serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $3,125 and now stand at $1,487, 52% lower after settlements or reviews.

Scaffolds, general requirements comes up most often in these citations: 3 items under 1926.451.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for construction employers since 2015 is $3,080, and Eks Wall Systems Inc averages $1,187 (1 cited inspection).

Eks Wall Systems Inc: OSHA citation items per year, 2001 to 2016
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 341682300 OPENED AUG 9, 2016Closed

Planned · Partial · Safety · 4 employees at the site · Closed Jan 19, 2017

1805 Orleans Road, Charleston, SC 29407 · All Other Specialty Trade Contractors · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1926.453(b)(2)(v) · Aerial lifts
Serious$2,000$1,000Sep 29, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1) · Fall protection training in construction
Serious$375$187Sep 29, 2016Final

Inspection 306830811 OPENED JUL 31, 2003Closed

Planned · Partial · Safety · 6 employees at the site · Closed Nov 18, 2003

Ribaut Road, Beaufort, SC 29902 · All Other Specialty Trade Contractors · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1926.100(a) · Hard hats in construction
Serious$150$60Aug 18, 2003Closed
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1926.451(c)(1) · Scaffolds, general requirements
Serious$200$80Aug 18, 2003Closed
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1) · Scaffolds, general requirements
Serious$200$80Aug 18, 2003Closed
Citation 1, item 4
29 CFR 1926.451(g)(4)(i) · Scaffolds, general requirements
Serious$200$80Aug 18, 2003Closed

Inspection 303562367 OPENED AUG 16, 2001Closed

Planned · Partial · Safety · 9 employees at the site · Closed Sep 7, 2001

200 Rochester Hwy, Seneca, SC 29672 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1926.501(b)(11) · Fall protection in construction
Serious$0$0Sep 5, 2001Closed

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1926.100 · Hard hats in construction

29 CFR 1926.100(a)

(a) Employees working in areas where there is a possible danger of head injury from impact, or from falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, shall be protected by protective helmets.

29 CFR 1926.451 · Scaffolds, general requirements

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(1)

(c) Criteria for supported scaffolds. (1) Supported scaffolds with a height to base width (including outrigger supports, if used) ratio of more than four to one (4:1) shall be restrained from tipping by guying, tying, bracing, or equivalent means, as follows:

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1)

(1) When scaffold platforms are more than 2 feet (0.6 m) above or below a point of access, portable ladders, hook-on ladders, attachable ladders, stair towers (scaffold stairways/towers), stairway-type ladders (such as ladder stands), ramps, walkways, integral prefabricated scaffold access, or direct access from another scaffold, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface shall be used. Crossbraces shall not be used as a means of access.

29 CFR 1926.453 · Aerial lifts

29 CFR 1926.501 · Fall protection in construction

29 CFR 1926.503 · Fall protection training in construction

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