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Knockout Roofing, LLC: OSHA inspections and violations

Draper, Utah · Roofing Contractors · NAICS 238160

1inspections
2citation items
$1,500current penalties
Aug 28, 2015last inspection

OSHA has inspected Knockout Roofing, LLC once in Utah.

The inspection began on Aug 28, 2015 after a fatality or catastrophe, in Draper.

That inspection ended with 2 citation items: 2 serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $1,500 and still stand at $1,500.

Electrical safety in construction comes up most often in these citations: 2 items under 1926.416.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for construction employers since 2015 is $3,080, and Knockout Roofing, LLC averages $1,500 (1 cited inspection).

1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.

Knockout Roofing, LLC: OSHA citation items per year, 2015 to 2015
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 340882778 OPENED AUG 28, 2015Closed

Fatality or catastrophe · Partial · Safety · 20 employees at the site · Closed Mar 10, 2016

88 W 13100 S, Draper, UT 84020 · Roofing Contractors · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Aug 28, 2015 (fatal): One employee is electrocuted and two seriously injured when

At 10:55 a.m. three employees were lifting a 40 foot aluminum ladder to place it against an exterior wall of a building to gain access to the roof. The employees lost balance of the ladder, it fell backwards striking a 7,200 V power line that allowed electrical current to flow through the three employees, shocking two employees resulting in serious injuries and electrocuting the other employee. electrocuting the other employee.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1926.416(a)(1) · Electrical safety in construction
 Serious$1,500$1,500Dec 10, 2015Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1926.416(a)(3) · Electrical safety in construction
 Serious$0$0Dec 10, 2015Final

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1926.416 · Electrical safety in construction

29 CFR 1926.416(a)(1)

(a) Protection of employees. (1) No employer shall permit an employee to work in such proximity to any part of an electric power circuit that the employee could contact the electric power circuit in the course of work, unless the employee is protected against electric shock by deenergizing the circuit and grounding it or by guarding it effectively by insulation or other means.

29 CFR 1926.416(a)(3)

(3) Before work is begun the employer shall ascertain by inquiry or direct observation, or by instruments, whether any part of an energized electric power circuit, exposed or concealed, is so located that the performance of the work may bring any person, tool, or machine into physical or electrical contact with the electric power circuit. The employer shall post and maintain proper warning signs where such a circuit exists. The employer shall advise employees of the location of such lines, the hazards involved, and the protective measures to be taken.

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