Since 1996, OSHA inspectors have visited Gray Construction, Inc. in California 7 times.
The most recent inspection opened on Aug 19, 2022 as part of a related case, in Visalia.
In all, OSHA issued 11 citation items: 6 serious and 5 other-than-serious.
The proposed penalties came to $57,765; today they stand at $51,765, 10% less.
Among construction employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $3,078 penalty. Gray Construction, Inc. averages $17,083 across 3 cited inspections.
Incident on Oct 10, 2001: Employee injured in fall from ceiling joist
At 10:30 a.m. on October 10, 2001, Employee #1 of Gray Construction was working at a home construction site in Placerville, CA. To remove a 2-in. by 6-in. ceili ng joist, he pulled out the nails holding each end to the top plate of a wall. T hen, with one foot on the top plate and the other on a joist, Employee #1 knocke d out a block, causing the joist to slip off the plate. He lost his balance and fell 10 ft to the floor, sustained a broken ankle, a broken wrist and a bruised knee, and was hospitalized.
No citations from this inspection.
Incident on Apr 16, 2001: Employee injured in fall when scaffold overturned
At 4:00 p.m. on April 16, 2001, Employee #1 of Gray Construction was working at a place of employment located in Alta Sierra, California. Employee #1 was seriou sly injured when the scaffold he was working from overturned. He was taping dryw all on the ceiling of a garage in a new construction. While pulling the scaffold to reach a new section to tape, the scaffold's wheel fell off the edge of the c oncrete floor into a cut made in the foundation material for driveway paving. Em ployee #1 suffered a compound fracture of the right ankle and was hospitalized f or 3.5 days.
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
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| Citation 1, item 1 29 CFR 1646 E |
Other-than-serious | $355 | $355 | Dec 11, 2001 | Closed |
| Citation 1, item 2 29 CFR 1646 F01 |
Other-than-serious | $110 | $110 | Dec 11, 2001 | Closed |
Incident on Jul 29, 1996: Carpenter injured in fall from wall plate
At approximately 8:30 a.m. on July 29, 1996, Employee #1, a carpenter, was worki ng from a wall plate, cutting off rafter tails. As he stepped backward over a ra fter to change positions on the wall plate, his trailing foot became caught on a rafter staple plate. He lost his balance and fell 10 ft to the ground. Employee #1 fractured his L1 vertebra; he was hospitalized for 15 days.
No citations from this inspection.
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
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.