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Mark's Grading, LLC: OSHA inspections and violations

Asheville, North Carolina · Site Preparation Contractors · NAICS 238910

2inspections
4citation items
$3,900current penalties
Feb 6, 2024last inspection

OSHA has inspected Mark's Grading, LLC 2 times in North Carolina since 2022.

The latest one began on Feb 6, 2024 as a planned inspection, in Asheville.

Those inspections ended with 4 citation items: 4 serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $3,900 and still stand at $3,900.

Excavations comes up most often in these citations: 2 items under 1926.651.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for construction employers since 2015 is $3,078, and Mark's Grading, LLC averages $1,950 (2 cited inspections).

Mark's Grading, LLC: OSHA citation items per year, 2022 to 2024
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 347264673 OPENED FEB 6, 2024Closed

Planned · Complete · Health · 6 employees at the site · Closed Jun 20, 2024

21 Orrinel Way, Asheville, NC 28806 · Poured Concrete Foundation and Structure Contractors · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1926.501(b)(7)(i) · Fall protection in construction
Serious$900$900Mar 14, 2024Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1) · Fall protection training in construction
Serious$900$900Mar 14, 2024Final

Inspection 345797948 OPENED FEB 22, 2022Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 3 employees at the site · Closed Aug 8, 2022

47 Dorchester Avenue, Asheville, NC 28806 · Site Preparation Contractors · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1926.651(j)(1) · Excavations
Serious$2,100$2,100Apr 5, 2022Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1926.651(j)(2) · Excavations
Serious$0$0Apr 5, 2022Final

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1926.501 · Fall protection in construction

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(7)(i)

(7) Excavations. (i) Each employee at the edge of an excavation 6 feet (1.8 m) or more in depth shall be protected from falling by guardrail systems, fences, or barricades when the excavations are not readily seen because of plant growth or other visual barrier;

29 CFR 1926.503 · Fall protection training in construction

29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1)

(a) Training program. (1) The employer shall provide a training program for each employee who might be exposed to fall hazards. The program shall enable each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and shall train each employee in the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards.

29 CFR 1926.651 · Excavations

29 CFR 1926.651(j)(1)

(j) Protection of employees from loose rock or soil. (1) Adequate protection shall be provided to protect employees from loose rock or soil that could pose a hazard by falling or rolling from an excavation face. Such protection shall consist of scaling to remove loose material; installation of protective barricades at intervals as necessary on the face to stop and contain falling material; or other means that provide equivalent protection.

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