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Ellis Construction: OSHA inspections and violations

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania · Masonry Contractors · NAICS 238140

5inspections
26citation items
$5,035current penalties
Feb 26, 2020last inspection

OSHA has inspected Ellis Construction 5 times in Pennsylvania since 1985.

The latest one began on Feb 26, 2020 as a planned inspection, in Pittsburgh.

Those inspections ended with 26 citation items: 13 serious and 13 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $8,342 and now stand at $5,035, 40% lower after settlements or reviews.

Scaffolds, general requirements comes up most often in these citations: 12 items under 1926.451.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for construction employers since 2015 is $3,080, and Ellis Construction averages $1,580 (2 cited inspections).

Ellis Construction: OSHA citation items per year, 1985 to 2020
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 344660030 OPENED FEB 26, 2020Closed

Planned · Partial · Safety · 9 employees at the site · Closed Dec 22, 2020

1240 Sawmill Run Boulevard, Pittsburgh, PA 15226 · Masonry Contractors · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1926.451(g)(4)(i) · Scaffolds, general requirements
Serious$2,892$1,600Mar 16, 2020Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1926.451(g)(4)(xv) · Scaffolds, general requirements
Serious$0$0Mar 16, 2020Final

Inspection 340678507 OPENED JUN 3, 2015Closed

Unprogrammed other · Partial · Safety · 8 employees at the site · Closed Aug 3, 2015

6335 William Penn Highway, Export, PA 15632 · Masonry Contractors · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(vi) · Scaffolds, general requirements
Serious$2,400$1,560Jun 19, 2015Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1926.451(g)(4)(i) · Scaffolds, general requirements
Serious$0$0Jun 19, 2015Final
Citation 1, item 1c
29 CFR 1926.451(g)(4)(xv) · Scaffolds, general requirements
Serious$0$0Jun 19, 2015Final

Inspection 307017582 OPENED MAR 11, 2004Closed

Unprogrammed related · Partial · Safety · 1 employee at the site · Closed May 4, 2004

4th And Crosby Streets, Chester, PA 19013 · Commercial and Institutional Building Construction · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(vii) · Scaffolds, general requirements
Serious$1,500$975Apr 6, 2004Closed
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1) · Scaffolds, general requirements
Serious$0$0Apr 6, 2004Closed
Citation 1, item 1c
29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2) · Scaffolds, general requirements
Serious$0$0Apr 6, 2004Closed
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(2) · Hazard communication
Other-than-serious$0$0Apr 6, 2004Closed
Citation 2, item 2
29 CFR 1910.1200(f)(5)(i) · Hazard communication
Other-than-serious$0$0Apr 6, 2004Closed
Citation 2, item 3
29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8) · Hazard communication
Other-than-serious$0$0Apr 6, 2004Closed

Inspection 123308603 OPENED JAN 6, 1998Closed

Planned · Partial · Safety · 10 employees at the site · Closed Jan 21, 1998

3000 Naomi Drive, Pittsburgh, PA 15217 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1926.150(c)(1)(i) · Fire protection
Serious$300$300Jan 13, 1998Closed
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1926.50(f) · Medical services and first aid
Other-than-serious$0$0Jan 13, 1998Closed
Citation 2, item 2
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1) · Hazard communication
Other-than-serious$0$0Jan 13, 1998Closed
Citation 2, item 3
29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(1) · Hazard communication
Other-than-serious$0$0Jan 13, 1998Closed
Citation 2, item 4
29 CFR 1910.1200(h) · Hazard communication
Other-than-serious$0$0Jan 13, 1998Closed

Inspection 705764 OPENED NOV 27, 1985Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 2 employees at the site · Closed Feb 13, 1986

11 South Avenue (veterans Square), Media, PA 19063 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1926.451(a)(2) · Scaffolds, general requirements
Serious$300$150Jan 21, 1986Closed
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1926.451(a)(13) · Scaffolds, general requirements
Serious$300$150Jan 21, 1986Closed
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1926.451(d)(7) · Scaffolds, general requirements
Serious$300$150Jan 21, 1986Closed
Citation 1, item 4
29 CFR 1926.451(d)(10) · Scaffolds, general requirements
Serious$300$150Jan 21, 1986Closed
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1903.2(a)(1) · Posting of notice; availability of the Act, regulations and applicable standards
Other-than-serious$50$0Jan 21, 1986Closed
Citation 2, item 2
29 CFR 1926.20(b)(2) · Construction safety programs
Other-than-serious$0$0Jan 21, 1986Closed
Citation 2, item 3
29 CFR 1926.21(b)(2) · Construction safety training
Other-than-serious$0$0Jan 21, 1986Closed
Citation 2, item 4
29 CFR 1926.50(b) · Medical services and first aid
Other-than-serious$0$0Jan 21, 1986Closed
Citation 2, item 5
29 CFR 1926.50(d)(1) · Medical services and first aid
Other-than-serious$0$0Jan 21, 1986Closed
Citation 2, item 6
29 CFR 1926.50(f) · Medical services and first aid
Other-than-serious$0$0Jan 21, 1986Closed

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1903.2 · Posting of notice; availability of the Act, regulations and applicable standards

29 CFR 1903.2(a)(1)

(a)(1) Each employer shall post and keep posted a notice or notices, to be furnished by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, informing employees of the protections and obligations provided for in the Act, and that for assistance and information, including copies of the Act and of specific safety and health standards, employees should contact the employer or the nearest office of the Department of Labor. Such notice or notices shall be posted by the employer in each establishment in a conspicuous place or places where notices to employees are customarily posted. Each employer shall take steps to insure that such notices are not altered, defaced, or covered by other material.

29 CFR 1910.1200 · Hazard communication

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1)

(e) Written hazard communication program. (1) Employers shall develop, implement, and maintain at each workplace, a written hazard communication program which at least describes how the criteria specified in paragraphs (f), (g), and (h) of this section for labels and other forms of warning, safety data sheets, and employee information and training will be met, and which also includes the following:

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(2)

(2) Multi-employer workplaces. Employers who produce, use, or store hazardous chemicals at a workplace in such a way that the employees of other employer(s) may be exposed (for example, employees of a construction contractor working on-site) shall additionally ensure that the hazard communication programs developed and implemented under this paragraph (e) include the following:

29 CFR 1926.150 · Fire protection

29 CFR 1926.20 · Construction safety programs

29 CFR 1926.21 · Construction safety training

29 CFR 1926.451 · Scaffolds, general requirements

29 CFR 1926.50 · Medical services and first aid

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