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GFB General Contracting: OSHA inspections and violations

Fall River, Massachusetts · New Single-Family Housing Construction (except For-Sale Builders) · NAICS 236115

3inspections
1citation items
$1,000current penalties
Jun 29, 2022last inspection

OSHA has inspected GFB General Contracting 3 times in Massachusetts since 2020.

The latest one began on Jun 29, 2022 after a complaint, in Fall River.

Those inspections ended with 1 citation item: 1 serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $4,048 and now stand at $1,000, 75% lower after settlements or reviews.

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

GFB General Contracting: OSHA citation items per year, 2020 to 2022
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 346050826 OPENED JUN 29, 2022Closed

Complaint · Partial · Safety · 6 employees at the site · Closed Oct 3, 2022

50 Blaine St, Fall River, MA 02721 · Roofing Contractors · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 346004427 OPENED JUN 7, 2022Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 8 employees at the site · Closed Sep 21, 2022

1299 N Hixville Rd., N Dartmouth, MA 02747 · Framing Contractors · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 344640487 OPENED FEB 20, 2020Closed

Planned · Partial · Safety · 6 employees at the site · Closed Jul 29, 2020

84 Progress St., Fall River, MA 02721 · 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 1926.451(g)(1)(vii) · Scaffolds, general requirements
Serious$4,048$1,000May 13, 2020Final

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(g)(1)(vii)

(vii) For all scaffolds not otherwise specified in paragraphs (g)(1)(i) through (g)(1)(vi) of this section, each employee shall be protected by the use of personal fall arrest systems or guardrail systems meeting the requirements of paragraph (g)(4) of this section.

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

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