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Kuechenmeister Construction: OSHA inspections and violations

Brookings, South Dakota · Framing Contractors · NAICS 238130

1inspections
4citation items
$4,500current penalties
Jul 22, 2019last inspection

Kuechenmeister Construction has one OSHA inspection on record in South Dakota.

OSHA opened it on Jul 22, 2019 as a planned inspection, in Brookings.

From that inspection OSHA issued 4 citation items: 3 serious and 1 other-than-serious.

OSHA proposed $6,251 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $4,500, down 28%.

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. Kuechenmeister Construction averages $4,500 over 1 cited inspection in that time.

Kuechenmeister Construction: OSHA citation items per year, 2019 to 2019
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

South Dakota · latest 90 days of OSHA records

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3 of them in the same industry

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Inspection history

Inspection 344172754 OPENED JUL 22, 2019Closed

Planned · Partial · Safety · 3 employees at the site · Closed Jun 1, 2021

1222 22nd Avenue, Brookings, SD 57006 · Framing Contractors · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1926.20(b)(2) · Construction safety programs
 Other-than-serious$2,273$1,200Nov 15, 2019Final
Citation 1, item 2b
29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2)(iv) · Scaffolds, general requirements
 Serious$0$1,200Nov 15, 2019Final
Citation 1, item 3a
29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1) · Scaffolds, general requirements
 Serious$3,978$2,100Nov 15, 2019Final
Citation 1, item 3b
29 CFR 1926.454(a) · Scaffold training
 Serious$0$0Nov 15, 2019Final

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1926.20 · Construction safety programs

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(2)

(2) Such programs shall provide for frequent and regular inspections of the job sites, materials, and equipment to be made by competent persons designated by the employers.

29 CFR 1926.451 · Scaffolds, general requirements

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2)(iv)

(iv) Front-end loaders and similar pieces of equipment shall not be used to support scaffold platforms unless they have been specifically designed by the manufacturer for such use.

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)

(g) Fall protection. (1) Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above a lower level shall be protected from falling to that lower level. Paragraphs (g)(1) (i) through (vii) of this section establish the types of fall protection to be provided to the employees on each type of scaffold. Paragraph (g)(2) of this section addresses fall protection for scaffold erectors and dismantlers.

29 CFR 1926.454 · Scaffold training

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