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Hwami Builder LLC: OSHA inspections and violations

Houston, Texas · Commercial and Institutional Building Construction · NAICS 236220

1inspections
2citation items
$8,486current penalties
May 24, 2019last inspection

Hwami Builder LLC has one OSHA inspection on record in Texas.

OSHA opened it on May 24, 2019 after a fatality or catastrophe, in Houston.

From that inspection OSHA issued 2 citation items: 1 serious and 1 other-than-serious.

OSHA proposed $10,608 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $8,486, down 20%.

For context, across all construction employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $3,079. Hwami Builder LLC averages $8,486 over 1 cited inspection in that time.

1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.

Hwami Builder LLC: OSHA citation items per year, 2019 to 2019
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 344036504 OPENED MAY 24, 2019Closed

Fatality or catastrophe · Complete · Safety · 10 employees at the site · Closed Feb 2, 2022

9370 Kirby Dr., Houston, TX 77054 · Commercial and Institutional Building Construction · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on May 22, 2019 (fatal): Employee falls as lift tips over and dies from brain hemorrh

At 4:45 p.m. on May 22, 2019, Employee #1, employed by a construction company, was working at a multiemployer construction project, the renovation of a one-story commercial building. He was operating a scissor lift and moving it down a steel ramp to unload it from a trailer. The ramp collapsed, and the scissor lift tipped over. Employee #1 fell from the lift and struck his head on the ground. Emergency services transported Employee #1 to the hospital, where he died from internal bleeding in the brain.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1926.452(w)(6)(i) · Rules for each type of scaffold
 Serious$5,304$3,182Aug 9, 2019Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1926.454(a) · Scaffold training
 Other-than-serious$5,304$5,304Aug 9, 2019Final

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1926.452 · Rules for each type of scaffold

29 CFR 1926.452(w)(6)(i)

(i) The surface on which the scaffold is being moved is within 3 degrees of level, and free of pits, holes, and obstructions;

29 CFR 1926.454 · Scaffold training

29 CFR 1926.454(a)

(a) The employer shall have each employee who performs work while on a scaffold trained by a person qualified in the subject matter to recognize the hazards associated with the type of scaffold being used and to understand the procedures to control or minimize those hazards. The training shall include the following areas, as applicable:

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