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Foster General Construction: OSHA inspections and violations

New Oxford, Pennsylvania · Siding Contractors · NAICS 238170

1inspections
4citation items
$10,000current penalties
Jan 3, 2019last inspection

OSHA has inspected Foster General Construction once in Pennsylvania.

The inspection began on Jan 3, 2019 after a complaint, in New Oxford.

That inspection ended with 4 citation items: 4 serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $12,195 and now stand at $10,000, 18% lower after settlements or reviews.

Scaffolds, general requirements comes up most often in these citations: 4 items under 1926.451.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for construction employers since 2015 is $3,079, and Foster General Construction averages $10,000 (1 cited inspection).

Foster General Construction: OSHA citation items per year, 2019 to 2019
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 343689535 OPENED JAN 3, 2019Closed

Complaint · Partial · Safety · 3 employees at the site · Closed Apr 5, 2023

437 700 Road, New Oxford, PA 17350 · Siding Contractors · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1926.451(f)(6) · Scaffolds, general requirements
 Serious$3,880$3,500Jan 18, 2019Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1926.451(b)(5)(ii) · Scaffolds, general requirements
 Serious$2,772$2,000Jan 18, 2019Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1926.451(f)(7) · Scaffolds, general requirements
 Serious$1,663$1,000Jan 18, 2019Final
Citation 1, item 4
29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(vii) · Scaffolds, general requirements
 Serious$3,880$3,500Jan 18, 2019Final

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1926.451 · Scaffolds, general requirements

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(5)(ii)

(ii) Each platform greater than 10 feet in length shall not extend over its support more than 18 inches (46 cm), unless it is designed and installed so that the cantilevered portion of the platform is able to support employees without tipping, or has guardrails which block employee access to the cantilevered end.

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(6)

(6) The clearance between scaffolds and power lines shall be as follows: Scaffolds shall not be erected, used, dismantled, altered, or moved such that they or any conductive material handled on them might come closer to exposed and energized power lines than as follows:

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(7)

(7) Scaffolds shall be erected, moved, dismantled, or altered only under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection, moving, dismantling or alteration. Such activities shall be performed only by experienced and trained employees selected for such work by the competent person.

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