OSHA SearchOSHA records by employer

Kern Construction: OSHA inspections and violations

Bode, Iowa · New Single-Family Housing Construction (except For-Sale Builders) · NAICS 236115

1inspections
4citation items
$7,000current penalties
Sep 4, 2018last inspection

Kern Construction has one OSHA inspection on record in Iowa.

OSHA opened it on Sep 4, 2018 after a fatality or catastrophe, in Bode.

From that inspection OSHA issued 4 citation items: 4 serious.

OSHA proposed $10,344 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $7,000, down 32%.

Most often, OSHA cited 1926.451, scaffolds, general requirements (2 items).

For context, across all construction employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $3,080. Kern Construction averages $7,000 over 1 cited inspection in that time.

1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.

Kern Construction: OSHA citation items per year, 2018 to 2018
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

Iowa · latest 90 days of OSHA records

64employers cited

Get notified the morning OSHA posts each new citation in Iowa: the employer, the site address, the rules broken and the penalty.

See who gets cited next

Latest cited in Iowa

Checking a subcontractor, a client or your own company? Watch Kern Construction and get notified the morning OSHA posts a new citation for it.

Watch this company

Inspection history

Inspection 343440178 OPENED SEP 4, 2018Closed

Fatality or catastrophe · Partial · Safety · 2 employees at the site · Closed Feb 19, 2019

12 Humboldt Ave, Bode, IA 50519 · New Single-Family Housing Construction (except For-Sale Builders) · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Aug 31, 2018 (fatal): Employee is thrown from scaffold and is killed

At 3:30 p.m. on August 31, 2018, an employee was working in a 8 foot x 16 foot scaffold platform that was supported by a Lull Rough Terrain Forklift. The employee had the operator lift him up as high as the lift would go so he could take a video recording of the building roof. The employee was thrown from the platform when the forklift tipped over and was killed.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1926.21(b)(2) · Construction safety training
 Serious$2,586$1,750Sep 17, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1926.451(a)(6) · Scaffolds, general requirements
 Serious$2,586$1,750Sep 17, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1926.451(f)(7) · Scaffolds, general requirements
 Serious$2,586$1,750Sep 17, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 4
29 CFR 1926.454(a) · Scaffold training
 Serious$2,586$1,750Sep 17, 2018Final

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1926.21 · Construction safety training

29 CFR 1926.21(b)(2)

(2) The employer shall instruct each employee in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions and the regulations applicable to his work environment to control or eliminate any hazards or other exposure to illness or injury.

29 CFR 1926.451 · Scaffolds, general requirements

29 CFR 1926.451(a)(6)

(6) Scaffolds shall be designed by a qualified person and shall be constructed and loaded in accordance with that design. Non-mandatory appendix A to this subpart contains examples of criteria that will enable an employer to comply with paragraph (a) of this section.

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(7)

(7) Scaffolds shall be erected, moved, dismantled, or altered only under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection, moving, dismantling or alteration. Such activities shall be performed only by experienced and trained employees selected for such work by the competent person.

29 CFR 1926.454 · Scaffold training

Other new single-family housing construction (except for-sale builders) employers in Iowa

Alert subscribers get notified of each newly cited employer in Iowa the morning it is posted. See the alert plans.

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA enforcement data. A citation is OSHA's allegation; employers can contest it, and the status column shows where each item stands. Something wrong on this page? Tell us.