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Fernandez Builders: OSHA inspections and violations

South Haven, Michigan · New Single-Family Housing Construction (except For-Sale Builders) · NAICS 236115

1inspections
4citation items
$200current penalties
Apr 14, 2016last inspection

Fernandez Builders has one OSHA inspection on record in Michigan.

OSHA opened it on Apr 14, 2016 as a planned inspection, in South Haven.

From that inspection OSHA issued 4 citation items: 2 serious and 2 other-than-serious.

OSHA proposed $400 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $200, down 50%.

For context, across all construction employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $3,078. Fernandez Builders averages $200 over 1 cited inspection in that time.

Fernandez Builders: OSHA citation items per year, 2016 to 2016
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 341402592 OPENED APR 14, 2016Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 3 employees at the site · Closed Jun 6, 2016

429 Vanburen Street, South Haven, MI 49090 · New Single-Family Housing Construction (except For-Sale Builders) · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 408.41937(4)
 Serious$200$100May 4, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13) · Fall protection in construction
 Serious$200$100May 4, 2016Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 408.40114(1)
 Other-than-serious$0$0May 4, 2016Final
Citation 2, item 2
29 CFR 408.40132(3)
 Other-than-serious$0$0May 4, 2016Final

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1926.501 · Fall protection in construction

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.

Other new single-family housing construction (except for-sale builders) employers in Michigan

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