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Hernandez Contracting: OSHA inspections and violations

Suffolk, Virginia · New Multifamily Housing Construction (except For-Sale Builders) · NAICS 236116

2inspections
17citation items
$25,605current penalties
Sep 24, 2020last inspection

Hernandez Contracting has 2 OSHA inspections on record in Virginia, the first in 2020.

OSHA's last visit started on Sep 24, 2020 after a complaint, in Suffolk.

Across those inspections OSHA issued 17 citation items: 15 serious and 2 other-than-serious.

OSHA proposed $25,605 in penalties and the amount has not been reduced.

Most often, OSHA cited 1926.501, fall protection in construction (4 items).

For context, across all construction employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $3,079. Hernandez Contracting averages $12,802 over 2 cited inspections in that time.

Hernandez Contracting: OSHA citation items per year, 2020 to 2020
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 344944681 OPENED SEP 24, 2020Closed

Complaint · Partial · Health · 29 employees at the site · Closed Jan 13, 2021

273 South Saratoga Street, Suffolk, VA 23434 · New Multifamily Housing Construction (except For-Sale Builders) · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1910.134(c)(1) · Respiratory protection
Serious$2,055$2,055Dec 14, 2020Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.134(e)(1) · Respiratory protection
Serious$0$0Dec 14, 2020Final
Citation 1, item 1c
29 CFR 1910.134(f)(2) · Respiratory protection
Serious$0$0Dec 14, 2020Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1926.1153(g)(1) · Silica dust in construction
Other-than-serious$0$0Dec 14, 2020Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1) · Hazard communication
Other-than-serious$0$0Dec 14, 2020Final

Inspection 344945399 OPENED SEP 24, 2020Open

Complaint · Partial · Safety · 29 employees at the site · Open

273 South Saratoga St., Suffolk, VA 23434 · New Multifamily Housing Construction (except For-Sale Builders) · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1926.34(b) · Means of egress
Serious$3,925$3,925Feb 5, 2021Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1926.50(b) · Medical services and first aid
Serious$3,925$3,925Feb 5, 2021Final
Citation 1, item 3a
29 CFR 1926.150(c)(1)(i) · Fire protection
Serious$3,925$3,925Feb 5, 2021Final
Citation 1, item 3b
29 CFR 1926.150(c)(1)(iv) · Fire protection
Serious$0$0Feb 5, 2021Final
Citation 1, item 4
29 CFR 1926.252(a) · Disposal of waste materials
Serious$3,925$3,925Feb 5, 2021Final
Citation 1, item 5a
29 CFR 1926.404(b)(1)(ii) · Ground-fault protection on job sites
Serious$3,925$3,925Feb 5, 2021Final
Citation 1, item 5b
29 CFR 1926.405(g)(2)(iv) · Job-site wiring
Serious$0$0Feb 5, 2021Final
Citation 1, item 5c
29 CFR 1926.405(j)(1)(i) · Job-site wiring
Serious$0$0Feb 5, 2021Final
Citation 1, item 6a
29 CFR 1926.501(b)(4)(ii) · Fall protection in construction
Serious$3,925$3,925Feb 5, 2021Final
Citation 1, item 6b
29 CFR 1926.501(b)(7)(ii) · Fall protection in construction
Serious$0$0Feb 5, 2021Final
Citation 1, item 6c
29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13) · Fall protection in construction
Serious$0$0Feb 5, 2021Final
Citation 1, item 6d
29 CFR 1926.501(c)(3) · Fall protection in construction
Serious$0$0Feb 5, 2021Final

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)(1)

(1) The test instrument must have an effective audio-warning device, or a visual-warning device in the form of a screen tracing, that indicates when the test subject fails to hold his or her breath during the test. The test must be terminated and restarted from the beginning when the test subject fails to hold his or her breath during the test. The test subject then may be refitted and retested.

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 1926.1153 · Silica dust in construction

29 CFR 1926.150 · Fire protection

29 CFR 1926.252 · Disposal of waste materials

29 CFR 1926.34 · Means of egress

29 CFR 1926.404 · Ground-fault protection on job sites

29 CFR 1926.405 · Job-site wiring

29 CFR 1926.50 · Medical services and first aid

29 CFR 1926.501 · Fall protection in construction

Other new multifamily housing construction (except for-sale builders) employers in Virginia

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