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Kenneth Wayne Preston: OSHA inspections and violations

Porter, Texas · Structural Steel and Precast Concrete Contractors · NAICS 238120

1inspections
2citation items
$8,192current penalties
Mar 12, 2021last inspection

Kenneth Wayne Preston has one OSHA inspection on record in Texas.

OSHA opened it on Mar 12, 2021 as a planned inspection, in Porter.

From that inspection OSHA issued 2 citation items: 2 serious.

OSHA proposed $8,192 in penalties and the amount has not been reduced.

For context, across all construction employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $3,080. Kenneth Wayne Preston averages $8,192 over 1 cited inspection in that time.

Kenneth Wayne Preston: OSHA citation items per year, 2021 to 2021
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 345200414 OPENED MAR 12, 2021Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 3 employees at the site · Closed Jan 9, 2024

21986 Fm 1314, Porter, TX 77365 · Structural Steel and Precast Concrete Contractors · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2)(v) · Scaffolds, general requirements
Serious$4,096$4,096May 21, 2021Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1926.760(a)(1) · Fall protection
Serious$4,096$4,096May 21, 2021Final

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1926.451 · Scaffolds, general requirements

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2)(v)

(v) Fork-lifts shall not be used to support scaffold platforms unless the entire platform is attached to the fork and the fork-lift is not moved horizontally while the platform is occupied.

29 CFR 1926.760 · Fall protection

29 CFR 1926.760(a)(1)

(a) General requirements. (1) Except as provided by paragraph (a)(3) of this section, each employee engaged in a steel erection activity who is on a walking/working surface with an unprotected side or edge more than 15 feet (4.6 m) above a lower level shall be protected from fall hazards by guardrail systems, safety net systems, personal fall arrest systems, positioning device systems or fall restraint systems.

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