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Melvin Bowrin: OSHA inspections and violations

Washington, District of Columbia · Brick, Stone, and Related Construction Material Merchant Wholesalers · NAICS 423320

1inspections
3citation items
$2,800current penalties
May 28, 2015last inspection

OSHA inspectors have visited Melvin Bowrin in District of Columbia one time.

It opened on May 28, 2015 as a planned inspection, in Washington.

In all, OSHA issued 3 citation items: 3 serious.

The penalties, $2,800 in total, stand where OSHA first set them.

The rule cited most here is 1926.451 (scaffolds, general requirements), 3 times.

Among wholesale employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $3,425 penalty. Melvin Bowrin averages $2,800 across 1 cited inspection.

Melvin Bowrin: OSHA citation items per year, 2015 to 2015
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 340664887 OPENED MAY 28, 2015Closed

Planned · Partial · Safety · 2 employees at the site · Closed Jul 3, 2019

1101 9th Street, Ne, Washington, DC 20002 · Brick, Stone, and Related Construction Material Merchant Wholesalers · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1) · Scaffolds, general requirements
 Serious$2,800$2,800Nov 12, 2015Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1) · Scaffolds, general requirements
 Serious$0$0Nov 12, 2015Final
Citation 1, item 1c
29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(vii) · Scaffolds, general requirements
 Serious$0$0Nov 12, 2015Final

The rules behind these citations

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

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(e)(1)

(1) When scaffold platforms are more than 2 feet (0.6 m) above or below a point of access, portable ladders, hook-on ladders, attachable ladders, stair towers (scaffold stairways/towers), stairway-type ladders (such as ladder stands), ramps, walkways, integral prefabricated scaffold access, or direct access from another scaffold, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface shall be used. Crossbraces shall not be used as a means of access.

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(vii)

(vii) For all scaffolds not otherwise specified in paragraphs (g)(1)(i) through (g)(1)(vi) of this section, each employee shall be protected by the use of personal fall arrest systems or guardrail systems meeting the requirements of paragraph (g)(4) of this section.

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