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Kason Inc: OSHA inspections and violations

Forest Lake, Minnesota · New Multifamily Housing Construction (except For-Sale Builders) · NAICS 236116

8inspections
16citation items
$6,280current penalties
Nov 30, 2017last inspection

OSHA has inspected Kason Inc 8 times in Minnesota since 2011.

The latest one began on Nov 30, 2017 as a planned inspection, in Minneapolis.

Those inspections ended with 16 citation items: 14 serious and 2 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $7,675 and now stand at $6,280, 18% lower after settlements or reviews.

Fall protection in construction comes up most often in these citations: 9 items under 1926.501.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for construction employers since 2015 is $3,080, and Kason Inc averages $1,290 (3 cited inspections).

Kason Inc: OSHA citation items per year, 2011 to 2017
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 342810363 OPENED NOV 30, 2017Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 14 employees at the site · Closed Feb 1, 2018

12664 Central Ave Ne, Minneapolis, MN 55449 · New Multifamily Housing Construction (except For-Sale Builders) · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 341867026 OPENED OCT 24, 2016Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 15 employees at the site · Closed Dec 2, 2016

12664 Central Ave Ne, Minneapolis, MN 55449 · 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 182.653(02)
Serious$450$315Nov 14, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 2a
29 CFR 1926.501(b)(10) · Fall protection in construction
Serious$1,050$735Nov 14, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 2b
29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13) · Fall protection in construction
Serious$0$0Nov 14, 2016Final

Inspection 341271179 OPENED FEB 17, 2016Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 15 employees at the site · Closed Apr 13, 2016

12664 Central Ave Ne, Minneapolis, MN 55449 · 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 1926.451(c)(2) · Scaffolds, general requirements
Serious$675$675Mar 17, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1926.452(j)(2) · Rules for each type of scaffold
Serious$675$675Mar 17, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 3a
29 CFR 1926.501(b)(1) · Fall protection in construction
Serious$1,050$1,050Mar 17, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 3b
29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13) · Fall protection in construction
Serious$0$0Mar 17, 2016Final

Inspection 341150415 OPENED NOV 10, 2015Closed

Planned · Partial · Safety · 15 employees at the site · Closed Dec 8, 2015

12664 Central Ave Ne, Minneapolis, MN 55449 · 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 1926.501(b)(14) · Fall protection in construction
Serious$600$420Nov 17, 2015Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13) · Fall protection in construction
Serious$0$0Nov 17, 2015Final

Inspection 317158327 OPENED JUN 6, 2013Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 12 employees at the site · Closed Jun 12, 2013

685 4th Street Sw, Forest Lake, MN 55025 · New Multifamily Housing Construction (except For-Sale Builders) · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 316994987 OPENED FEB 26, 2013Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 7 employees at the site · Closed Apr 3, 2013

685 4th Street Sw, Forest Lake, MN 55025 · 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 1926.1052(c)(1) · Stairways in construction
Serious$450$315Mar 19, 2013Closed

Inspection 316801026 OPENED OCT 30, 2012Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 6 employees at the site · Closed Dec 17, 2012

685 4th Street S.w., Forest Lake, MN 55025 · 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 1926.501(b)(1) · Fall protection in construction
Serious$1,050$735Nov 29, 2012Closed
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13) · Fall protection in construction
Serious$0$0Nov 29, 2012Closed
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1926.501(b)(14) · Fall protection in construction
Serious$1,050$735Nov 29, 2012Closed

Inspection 315252296 OPENED JAN 24, 2011Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 8 employees at the site · Closed Mar 9, 2011

525 4th Street S.w., Forest Lake, MN 55025 · New Multifamily Housing Construction (except For-Sale Builders) · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1 Serious$250$250Feb 8, 2011Closed
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1926.405(a)(2)(ii)(i) · Job-site wiring
Other-than-serious$125$125Feb 8, 2011Closed
Citation 2, item 2
29 CFR 1926.405(g)(2)(iv) · Job-site wiring
Other-than-serious$250$250Feb 8, 2011Closed

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1820.6530

29 CFR 1926.1052 · Stairways in construction

29 CFR 1926.1052(c)(1)

(1) Stairways having four or more risers or rising more than 30 inches (76 cm), whichever is less, shall be equipped with:

29 CFR 1926.405 · Job-site wiring

29 CFR 1926.405(a)(2)(ii)(i)

(iii) Guarding. For temporary wiring over 600 volts, nominal, fencing, barriers, or other effective means shall be provided to prevent access of other than authorized and qualified personnel.

29 CFR 1926.405(g)(2)(iv)

(iv) Strain relief. Flexible cords shall be connected to devices and fittings so that strain relief is provided which will prevent pull from being directly transmitted to joints or terminal screws.

29 CFR 1926.451 · Scaffolds, general requirements

29 CFR 1926.452 · Rules for each type of scaffold

29 CFR 1926.501 · Fall protection in construction

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

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