OSHA has inspected G-UB-MK Constructors 5 times in Alabama since 1992.
The latest one began on Aug 18, 2022 on a referral, in Muscle Shoals.
Those inspections ended with 23 citation items: 17 serious and 6 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $31,166 and now stand at $22,371, 28% lower after settlements or reviews.
Lead in construction comes up most often in these citations: 9 items under 1926.62.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for manufacturing employers since 2015 is $3,600, and G-UB-MK Constructors averages $7,396 (1 cited inspection).
1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.
It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.
Incident on Jan 8, 1994 (fatal): Employee falls from scaffold and drowns
At approximately 10:22 a.m. on January 8, 1994, Employee #1 and a coworker were working on a monorail support system on the far side of Wilson Dam in Alabama. T hey were situated on a section of aluminum scaffolding approximately 18 1/2 inch es wide by 24 feet long. It was located between columns #26 and #27 and accessed by a ladder located at column #21. According to the coworker, Employee #1 was d rilling holes in the members that supported the monorail when he slipped off the scaffold, fell into the water, and drowned. Neither Employee #1 nor the coworke r were wearing life vests.
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|
| Citation 1, item 1 |
Serious | $1,875 | $1,125 | Feb 18, 1994 | Closed |
| Citation 1, item 2 |
Serious | $1,875 | $1,125 | Feb 18, 1994 | Closed |
| Citation 1, item 3 |
Serious | $1,500 | $900 | Feb 18, 1994 | Closed |
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 1 report on file.
Aug 10, 2022, Muscle Shoals: Amputation · amputations · finger(s), fingernail(s), unspecified
An employee was using a magnetic drill to drill through a carbon steel T-bar. The employee's fingers were caught between the drill bit and the drill's base; the employee suffered a partial amputation to the right middle finger and a laceration to the right ring finger.
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
29 CFR 1910.1018(e)(5)(i)
(5) Employee notification. (i) The employer must, within 15 working days after the receipt of the results of any monitoring performed under this section, notify each affected employee of these results either individually in writing or by posting the results in an appropriate location that is accessible to affected employees.
29 CFR 1910.1018(q)(3)(i)
(3) Availability. (i) The employer shall make available upon request all records required to be maintained by paragraph (q) of this section to the Assistant Secretary and the Director for examination and copying.
29 CFR 1910.1018(q)(3)(ii)
(ii) Records required by this paragraph shall be provided upon request to employees, designated representatives, and the Assistant Secretary in accordance with 29 CFR 1910.1020 (a) through (e) and (g) through (i).
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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.