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JDL Construction Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Chattanooga, Tennessee · Site Preparation Contractors · NAICS 238910

1inspections
3citation items
$13,400current penalties
May 5, 2020last inspection

OSHA inspectors have visited JDL Construction Inc. in Tennessee one time.

It opened on May 5, 2020 after a fatality or catastrophe, in Chattanooga.

In all, OSHA issued 3 citation items: 3 serious.

The penalties, $13,400 in total, stand where OSHA first set them.

Among construction employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $3,079 penalty. JDL Construction Inc. averages $13,400 across 1 cited inspection.

1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.

JDL Construction Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 2020 to 2020
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 344742226 OPENED MAY 5, 2020Closed

Fatality or catastrophe · Partial · Safety · 25 employees at the site · Closed Feb 17, 2021

1200 Judd Road, Chattanooga, TN 37406 · Site Preparation Contractors · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on May 5, 2020 (fatal): Employee killed in concrete silo collapse

At 11:00 a.m. on May 5, 2020, an employee was operating an excavator (KOMATSU Model PC240LC, mid-size hydraulic excavator) to jackhammer the base of a concrete silo so that two coworkers operating undescribed heavy machinery with one inch cables attached to the silo to pull it down once freed from its base. As the employee was jackhammering the base, the silo collapsed and fell onto the employee's excavator. The employee received unspecified fatal injuries from the falling silo material and was killed.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR TCA 50-3-105(1)
 Serious$5,400$5,400Oct 13, 2020Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1926.850(a) · Preparatory operations
 Serious$4,000$4,000Oct 13, 2020Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1926.859(g) · Mechanical demolition
 Serious$4,000$4,000Oct 13, 2020Final

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1926.850 · Preparatory operations

29 CFR 1926.850(a)

(a) Prior to permitting employees to start demolition operations, an engineering survey shall be made, by a competent person, of the structure to determine the condition of the framing, floors, and walls, and possibility of unplanned collapse of any portion of the structure. Any adjacent structure where employees may be exposed shall also be similarly checked. The employer shall have in writing evidence that such a survey has been performed.

29 CFR 1926.859 · Mechanical demolition

29 CFR 1926.859(g)

(g) During demolition, continuing inspections by a competent person shall be made as the work progresses to detect hazards resulting from weakened or deteriorated floors, or walls, or loosened material. No employee shall be permitted to work where such hazards exist until they are corrected by shoring, bracing, or other effective means.

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