OSHA has inspected Excel Contractors Inc 2 times in California since 1998.
The latest one began on Mar 5, 2020 after an accident, in Compton.
Those inspections ended with 3 citation items: 3 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $780 and still stand at $780.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for construction employers since 2015 is $3,080, and Excel Contractors Inc averages $780 (1 cited inspection).
Excel Contractors Inc also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
The Wage and Hour Division has 1 case on it since 2015, with $15,781 in back wages owed to workers.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
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Incident on Feb 21, 2020: Employee fractures leg in fall
At approximately 7:45 a.m. on February 21, 2020, an employee was scrapping drywall into a dump truck. The employee threw pieces of drywall into the dump truck. The employee was assigned to the site location to perform drywall clean-up. The employee was throwing pieces of drywall into a dump truck from the second floor, when he turned to throw it into the dump truck, he leaned against the wooden rail and it gave way causing him to fall 10-15 feet. The employee suffered a broken femur on the right leg and was hospitalized.
Citation and rule
Type
Proposed
Current
Issued
Status
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1509(A)
Other-than-serious
$260
$260
Feb 10, 2021
Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1620(B)(4)
Other-than-serious
$260
$260
Feb 10, 2021
Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 3395(I)
Other-than-serious
$260
$260
Feb 10, 2021
Final
Inspection 119975480 OPENED SEP 23, 1998Closed
Accident · Partial · Safety · 30 employees at the site · Closed Oct 21, 1998
Incident on Apr 30, 1998: Employee fractures spine when scaffold plank collapses
At approximately 9:00 a.m. on April 30, 1998, Employee #1, of Excel Contracting, Inc., was working from a scaffold plank when the hook securing the plank broke, causing the plank and Employee #1 to fall approximately 10 ft to the ground. He suffered a lumbar compression fracture and was taken by ambulance to Antelope V alley Hospital in Lancaster, CA, where he was admitted for treatment.
No citations from this inspection.
Injury and illness logs
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2019, the Lancaster site logged 0 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 125 workers: 0.0 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.3 for its industry.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Progression Drywall Corp
Lancaster · 2019
125
0
0
0.0
2.3
Wage and hour cases
Cases by the Labor Department's Wage and Hour Division since 2015: unpaid minimum wage or overtime, child labor, family leave and more.
Period reviewed
Violations
Workers owed
Back wages
Penalties
Aug 25, 2018 to Aug 22, 2020
Lancaster
75
74
$15,781
$0
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
Other drywall and insulation contractors employers in California
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA enforcement data. A citation is OSHA's allegation; employers can contest it, and the status column shows where each item stands. Something wrong on this page? Tell us.
