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Lorz Construction: OSHA inspections and violations

Fargo, North Dakota · Roofing Contractors · NAICS 238160

5inspections
14citation items
$45,650current penalties
May 1, 2015last inspection

OSHA has inspected Lorz Construction 5 times in North Dakota since 2000.

The latest one began on May 1, 2015 on a referral, in West Fargo.

Those inspections ended with 14 citation items: 8 serious, 2 willful, 3 repeat and 1 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $111,375 and now stand at $45,650, 59% lower after settlements or reviews.

Scaffolds, general requirements comes up most often in these citations: 5 items under 1926.451.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for construction employers since 2015 is $3,078, and Lorz Construction averages $42,000 (1 cited inspection).

It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.

Lorz Construction: OSHA citation items per year, 2000 to 2015
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 340615525 OPENED MAY 1, 2015Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 5 employees at the site · Closed Mar 29, 2023

731 East 34th Avenue, West Fargo, ND 58078 · Roofing Contractors · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1926.451(a)(6) · Scaffolds, general requirements
 Willful$35,000$35,000Oct 22, 2015Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2)(v) · Scaffolds, general requirements
 Willful$35,000$0Oct 22, 2015Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1) · Scaffolds, general requirements
 Repeat$35,000$7,000Oct 22, 2015Final

Inspection 313701914 OPENED AUG 26, 2009Closed

Planned · Partial · Safety · 7 employees at the site · Closed Jan 8, 2010

1820 39th Street, Fargo, ND 58103 · Roofing Contractors · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
OSH Act Section 5(a)(1) · General Duty Clause
 Repeat$2,000$1,200Sep 22, 2009Closed
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1926.501(b)(11) · Fall protection in construction
 Repeat$2,000$1,200Sep 22, 2009Closed
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.178(l)(6) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
 Other-than-serious$0$0Sep 22, 2009Closed

Inspection 312174071 OPENED APR 30, 2008Closed

Planned · Partial · Safety · 35 employees at the site · Closed Aug 11, 2008

2402 26th Avenue South, Fargo, ND 58102 · Roofing Contractors · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13) · Fall protection in construction
 Serious$1,500$750Jun 9, 2008Closed
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1926.503(a)(2) · Fall protection training in construction
 Serious$0$0Jun 9, 2008Closed
Citation 1, item 1c
29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1) · Ladders in construction
 Serious$0$0Jun 9, 2008Closed

Inspection 311319776 OPENED AUG 15, 2007Closed

Planned · Partial · Safety · 4 employees at the site · Closed Dec 6, 2007

49th Avenue South & Woodhaven Street, Fargo, ND 58102 · New Single-Family Housing Construction (except For-Sale Builders) · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
OSH Act Section 5(a)(1) · General Duty Clause
 Serious$375$188Sep 13, 2007Closed
Citation 1, item 2a
29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2)(v) · Scaffolds, general requirements
 Serious$375$188Sep 13, 2007Closed
Citation 1, item 2b
29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(vii) · Scaffolds, general requirements
 Serious$0$0Sep 13, 2007Closed

Inspection 300242237 OPENED APR 26, 2000Closed

Planned · Partial · Safety · 2 employees at the site · Closed Jul 7, 2000

5002 16th Avenue South, Fargo, ND 58103 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
OSH Act Section 5(a)(1) · General Duty Clause
 Serious$125$125Jun 6, 2000Closed
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1910.178(l)(1)(i) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
 Serious$0$0Jun 6, 2000Closed

Severe injury reports

Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 1 report on file.

Apr 28, 2015, West Fargo: Hospitalization · fractures · multiple body parts, n.e.c.

An employee sustained a fractured pelvis and right leg after being ejected from a personal basket attached to a telehandler and falling approximately 15 feet.

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.178 · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(1)(i)

(l) Operator training. (1) Safe operation. (i) The employer shall ensure that each powered industrial truck operator is competent to operate a powered industrial truck safely, as demonstrated by the successful completion of the training and evaluation specified in this paragraph (l).

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(6)

(6) Certification. The employer shall certify that each operator has been trained and evaluated as required by this paragraph (l). The certification shall include the name of the operator, the date of the training, the date of the evaluation, and the identity of the person(s) performing the training or evaluation.

29 CFR 1926.1053 · Ladders in construction

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1)

(1) When portable ladders are used for access to an upper landing surface, the ladder side rails shall extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface to which the ladder is used to gain access; or, when such an extension is not possible because of the ladder's length, then the ladder shall be secured at its top to a rigid support that will not deflect, and a grasping device, such as a grabrail, shall be provided to assist employees in mounting and dismounting the ladder. In no case shall the extension be such that ladder deflection under a load would, by itself, cause the ladder to slip off its support.

29 CFR 1926.451 · Scaffolds, general requirements

29 CFR 1926.501 · Fall protection in construction

29 CFR 1926.503 · Fall protection training in construction

OSH Act Section 5 · General Duty Clause

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