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Gallagher Construction, LLC: OSHA inspections and violations

Chattanooga, Tennessee · Framing Contractors · NAICS 238130

1inspections
11citation items
$9,450current penalties
Jan 20, 2015last inspection

OSHA has inspected Gallagher Construction, LLC once in Tennessee.

The inspection began on Jan 20, 2015 as a planned inspection, in Chattanooga.

That inspection ended with 11 citation items: 11 serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $9,450 and still stand at $9,450.

Ladders in construction comes up most often in these citations: 4 items under 1926.1053.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for construction employers since 2015 is $3,080, and Gallagher Construction, LLC averages $9,450 (1 cited inspection).

Gallagher Construction, LLC: OSHA citation items per year, 2015 to 2015
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

Tennessee · latest 90 days of OSHA records

349employers cited

19 of them in the same industry

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Inspection history

Inspection 340274679 OPENED JAN 20, 2015Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 15 employees at the site · Closed Jul 1, 2025

Corner Of E. Main Street And S. Market Street, Chattanooga, TN 37408 · Framing Contractors · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1926.404(c)(1)(iii) · Ground-fault protection on job sites
 Serious$900$900May 6, 2015Final
Citation 1, item 2a Serious$1,200$1,200May 6, 2015Final
Citation 1, item 2b
29 CFR 1926.453(b)(2)(v) · Aerial lifts
 Serious$0$0May 6, 2015Final
Citation 1, item 3a
29 CFR 1926.501(b)(1) · Fall protection in construction
 Serious$5,400$5,400May 6, 2015Final
Citation 1, item 3b
29 CFR 1926.501(b)(4)(i) · Fall protection in construction
 Serious$0$0May 6, 2015Final
Citation 1, item 3c
29 CFR 1926.501(b)(14) · Fall protection in construction
 Serious$0$0May 6, 2015Final
Citation 1, item 4a
29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1) · Ladders in construction
 Serious$1,050$1,050May 6, 2015Final
Citation 1, item 4b
29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(8) · Ladders in construction
 Serious$0$0May 6, 2015Final
Citation 1, item 5a
29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(4) · Ladders in construction
 Serious$900$900May 6, 2015Final
Citation 1, item 5b
29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(13) · Ladders in construction
 Serious$0$0May 6, 2015Final
Citation 1, item 5c
29 CFR 1926.1060(a) · Ladder and stairway training
 Serious$0$0May 6, 2015Final

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1926.1053 · Ladders in construction

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1)

(1) When portable ladders are used for access to an upper landing surface, the ladder side rails shall extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface to which the ladder is used to gain access; or, when such an extension is not possible because of the ladder's length, then the ladder shall be secured at its top to a rigid support that will not deflect, and a grasping device, such as a grabrail, shall be provided to assist employees in mounting and dismounting the ladder. In no case shall the extension be such that ladder deflection under a load would, by itself, cause the ladder to slip off its support.

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(13)

(13) The top or top step of a stepladder shall not be used as a step.

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(4)

(4) Ladders shall be used only for the purpose for which they were designed.

29 CFR 1926.1060 · Ladder and stairway training

29 CFR 1926.404 · Ground-fault protection on job sites

29 CFR 1926.453 · Aerial lifts

29 CFR 1926.501 · Fall protection in construction

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