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GKW Group: OSHA inspections and violations

Kansas City, Missouri · Masonry Contractors · NAICS 238140

3inspections
16citation items
$77,699current penalties
Apr 24, 2024last inspection

GKW Group has 3 OSHA inspections on record in Missouri, the first in 2023.

OSHA's last visit started on Apr 24, 2024 as a planned inspection, in Liberty.

Across those inspections OSHA issued 16 citation items: 3 serious and 13 other-than-serious.

OSHA proposed $107,739 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $77,699, down 28%.

Most often, OSHA cited 1926.451, scaffolds, general requirements (4 items).

For context, across all construction employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $3,079. GKW Group averages $25,900 over 3 cited inspections in that time.

GKW Group also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.

GKW Group: OSHA citation items per year, 2023 to 2024
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 347441255 OPENED APR 24, 2024Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 2 employees at the site · Closed Jan 28, 2025

2181 S. Withers Road, Building #2, Liberty, MO 64068 · Masonry Contractors · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1926.21(b)(2) · Construction safety training
Serious$12,421$6,210May 30, 2024Final

Inspection 346502180 OPENED FEB 13, 2023Closed

Referral · Partial · Health · 45 employees at the site · Closed Feb 4, 2026

5400 Chouteau Trafficway, Kansas City, MO 64119 · Commercial and Institutional Building Construction · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.134(c)(2)(ii) · Respiratory protection
Other-than-serious$10,938$8,204Jun 9, 2023Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1) · Respiratory protection
Other-than-serious$0$0Jun 9, 2023Final
Citation 1, item 1c
29 CFR 1910.134(h)(1) · Respiratory protection
Other-than-serious$0$0Jun 9, 2023Final
Citation 1, item 1d
29 CFR 1910.134(k)(6) · Respiratory protection
Other-than-serious$0$0Jun 9, 2023Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1) · Hazard communication
Other-than-serious$10,938$8,204Jun 9, 2023Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1926.1153(c)(1) · Silica dust in construction
Serious$10,938$8,204Jun 9, 2023Final

Inspection 346502537 OPENED FEB 13, 2023Open

Referral · Complete · Safety · 30 employees at the site · Open

5400 Chouteau Trafficway, Kansas City, MO 64119 · Masonry Contractors · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1926.100(a) · Hard hats in construction
Other-than-serious$9,376$7,032Jun 9, 2023Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1926.451(h)(2)(i) · Scaffolds, general requirements
Other-than-serious$0$0Jun 9, 2023Final
Citation 1, item 1c
29 CFR 1926.451(h)(2)(iii) · Scaffolds, general requirements
Other-than-serious$0$0Jun 9, 2023Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1) · Eye and face protection in construction
Other-than-serious$9,376$7,032Jun 9, 2023Final
Citation 1, item 3a
29 CFR 1926.403(b)(1) · Electrical equipment on job sites
Other-than-serious$10,938$8,204Jun 9, 2023Final
Citation 1, item 3b
29 CFR 1926.404(b)(1)(i) · Ground-fault protection on job sites
Other-than-serious$0$0Jun 9, 2023Final
Citation 1, item 4
29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1) · Scaffolds, general requirements
Other-than-serious$10,938$8,204Jun 9, 2023Final
Citation 1, item 5
29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1) · Scaffolds, general requirements
Serious$10,938$8,204Jun 9, 2023Final
Citation 1, item 6
29 CFR 1926.452(c)(2) · Rules for each type of scaffold
Other-than-serious$10,938$8,204Jun 9, 2023Final

Injury and illness logs

From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.

In 2019, the Kansas City site logged 1 recordable injury or illness among about 21 workers: 6.8 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 2.8 for its industry. Those cases cost 5 days away from work.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
GKW Group
Kansas City · 2019
21 116.82.8

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.1200 · Hazard communication

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1)

(e) Written hazard communication program. (1) Employers shall develop, implement, and maintain at each workplace, a written hazard communication program which at least describes how the criteria specified in paragraphs (f), (g), and (h) of this section for labels and other forms of warning, safety data sheets, and employee information and training will be met, and which also includes the following:

29 CFR 1910.134 · Respiratory protection

29 CFR 1910.134(c)(2)(ii)

(ii) In addition, the employer must establish and implement those elements of a written respiratory protection program necessary to ensure that any employee using a respirator voluntarily is medically able to use that respirator, and that the respirator is cleaned, stored, and maintained so that its use does not present a health hazard to the user. Exception: Employers are not required to include in a written respiratory protection program those employees whose only use of respirators involves the voluntary use of filtering facepieces (dust masks).

29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1)

(1) General. The employer shall provide a medical evaluation to determine the employee's ability to use a respirator, before the employee is fit tested or required to use the respirator in the workplace. The employer may discontinue an employee's medical evaluations when the employee is no longer required to use a respirator.

29 CFR 1926.100 · Hard hats in construction

29 CFR 1926.102 · Eye and face protection in construction

29 CFR 1926.1153 · Silica dust in construction

29 CFR 1926.21 · Construction safety training

29 CFR 1926.403 · Electrical equipment on job sites

29 CFR 1926.404 · Ground-fault protection on job sites

29 CFR 1926.451 · Scaffolds, general requirements

29 CFR 1926.452 · Rules for each type of scaffold

Other masonry contractors employers in Missouri

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