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Max Steininger Inc: OSHA inspections and violations

Minneapolis, Minnesota · Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction · NAICS 237310

8inspections
7citation items
$15,200current penalties
Jul 29, 2021last inspection

Max Steininger Inc has 8 OSHA inspections on record in Minnesota, the first in 1994.

OSHA's last visit started on Jul 29, 2021 as a planned inspection, in Minneapolis.

Across those inspections OSHA issued 7 citation items: 3 serious, 1 willful and 3 other-than-serious.

OSHA proposed $19,900 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $15,200, down 24%.

Most often, OSHA cited 5206.700, (2 items).

For context, across all construction employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $3,079. Max Steininger Inc averages $2,800 over 1 cited inspection in that time.

1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.

Max Steininger Inc also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.

Max Steininger Inc: OSHA citation items per year, 1994 to 2021
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 345448252 OPENED JUL 29, 2021Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 7 employees at the site · Closed Nov 30, 2021

1700 W 78th St, Minneapolis, MN 55423 · Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 345298590 OPENED APR 29, 2021Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 5 employees at the site · Closed May 12, 2021

Creek Ln N - Triangle Ln N, Jordan, MN 55352 · Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 344065628 OPENED JUN 5, 2019Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 3 employees at the site · Closed Jun 11, 2019

34th Ave S And E 54th St, Minneapolis, MN 55417 · Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 343676599 OPENED DEC 17, 2018Closed

Planned · Partial · Safety · 5 employees at the site · Closed Nov 30, 2020

1200 Stassen Ln, Saint Paul, MN 55118 · Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1926.651(b)(4) · Excavations
Other-than-serious$2,800$2,800May 3, 2019Final

Inspection 314687500 OPENED JUL 14, 2010Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 6 employees at the site · Closed Jul 21, 2010

Sam Morgan Trail From I35e To Gannon Rd, St Paul, MN 55116 · Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 303884316 OPENED SEP 11, 2000Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 4 employees at the site · Closed Apr 18, 2001

End Of D Street, Airport, Minneapolis, MN 55111 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1926.651(j)(1) · Excavations
Other-than-serious$600$300Oct 3, 2000Final

Inspection 302090238 OPENED JUN 1, 1998Closed

Accident · Partial · Safety · 4 employees at the site · Closed Jul 12, 2000

670 Yankee Doodle Road, Eagan, MN 55121 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on May 29, 1998 (fatal): Employee killed when run over by wheeled loader

At approximately 4:15 p.m. on May 29, 1998, Employee #1, an operating engineer a nd laborer in the crushing operation area of a gravel recycling plant, was near the bottom of a man-made earthen ramp leading up to the primary crusher. A cowor ker operating a Caterpillar 988B wheeled front-end loader, model B, serial #50W1 168, had just dumped a load of concrete into the primary crusher and was backing down the ramp. As the coworker neared the bottom of the ramp, he turned the ste ering wheel to the left to make a Y-turn and drive back to the pile of concrete he was processing. As he started his turn, the coworker felt a bump on the right front side of the loader. He did not see Employee #1 lying in front of the load er, adjacent to the bucket, until he had completed backing up and was 45 ft from the bottom of the ramp. The audible reverse signal alarm on the loader was not working at the time of the accident.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1 Willful$14,000$10,000Sep 18, 1998Final
Citation 2, item 1 Serious$0$0Sep 18, 1998Final
Citation 2, item 2 Serious$1,200$1,000Sep 18, 1998Final
Citation 2, item 3 Serious$1,200$1,000Sep 18, 1998Final

Inspection 120410113 OPENED NOV 17, 1994Closed

Planned · Complete · Health · 3 employees at the site · Closed Mar 24, 1995

Montreal Ave And Hwy 35 E, St Paul, MN 55116 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1 Other-than-serious$100$100Mar 9, 1995Closed

Injury and illness logs

From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.

In 2025, the Eagan site logged 1 recordable injury or illness among about 32 workers: 3.1 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 0.1 for its industry.

Site and yearWorkersCasesDays-away casesRateIndustry median
Max Steininger
Eagan · 2025
32 103.10.1

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1820.6530

29 CFR 1910.95 · Noise

29 CFR 1910.95(c)(1)

(c) Hearing conservation program. (1) The employer shall administer a continuing, effective hearing conservation program, as described in paragraphs (c) through (o) of this section, whenever employee noise exposures equal or exceed an 8-hour time-weighted average sound level (TWA) of 85 decibels measured on the A scale (slow response) or, equivalently, a dose of fifty percent. For purposes of the hearing conservation program, employee noise exposures shall be computed in accordance with appendix A and Table G-16a, and without regard to any attenuation provided by the use of personal protective equipment.

29 CFR 1926.651 · Excavations

29 CFR 1926.651(b)(4)

(4) While the excavation is open, underground installations shall be protected, supported or removed as necessary to safeguard employees.

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.

29 CFR 5205.750

29 CFR 5206.700

Other highway, street, and bridge construction employers in Minnesota

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