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McDonald Construction: OSHA inspections and violations

Chicago, Illinois · Masonry Contractors · NAICS 238140

1inspections
3citation items
$6,000current penalties
Dec 10, 2024last inspection

OSHA has inspected McDonald Construction once in Illinois.

The inspection began on Dec 10, 2024 as a planned inspection, in Chicago.

That inspection ended with 3 citation items: 3 serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $9,221 and now stand at $6,000, 35% lower after settlements or reviews.

Scaffolds, general requirements comes up most often in these citations: 2 items under 1926.451.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for construction employers since 2015 is $3,080, and McDonald Construction averages $6,000 (1 cited inspection).

McDonald Construction: OSHA citation items per year, 2024 to 2024
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

Illinois · latest 90 days of OSHA records

413employers cited

11 of them in the same industry

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Inspection history

Inspection 347925208 OPENED DEC 10, 2024Closed

Planned · Partial · Safety · 4 employees at the site · Closed Jan 7, 2026

3730 N Ashland Ave, Chicago, IL 60613 · Masonry Contractors · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1926.100(a) · Hard hats in construction
 Serious$4,256$1,800Feb 20, 2025Final
Citation 1, item 2a
29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1) · Scaffolds, general requirements
 Serious$4,965$4,200Feb 20, 2025Final
Citation 1, item 2b
29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1) · Scaffolds, general requirements
 Serious$0$0Feb 20, 2025Final

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1926.100 · Hard hats in construction

29 CFR 1926.100(a)

(a) Employees working in areas where there is a possible danger of head injury from impact, or from falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, shall be protected by protective helmets.

29 CFR 1926.451 · Scaffolds, general requirements

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1)

(b) Scaffold platform construction. (1) Each platform on all working levels of scaffolds shall be fully planked or decked between the front uprights and the guardrail supports as follows:

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.

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