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Meyer Construction: OSHA inspections and violations

Dyersville, Iowa · Framing Contractors · NAICS 238130

4inspections
15citation items
$2,528current penalties
Apr 27, 2021last inspection

OSHA has inspected Meyer Construction 4 times in Iowa since 1984.

The latest one began on Apr 27, 2021 after a complaint, in Mason City.

Those inspections ended with 15 citation items: 10 serious and 5 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $5,026 and now stand at $2,528, 50% 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 Meyer Construction averages $2,403 (1 cited inspection).

Meyer Construction: OSHA citation items per year, 1984 to 2021
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 345275010 OPENED APR 27, 2021Closed

Complaint · Partial · Safety · 2 employees at the site · Closed Aug 9, 2021

1416 18th Street Sw, Mason City, IA 50401 · Framing Contractors · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Dec 16, 2020: Employee falls from scaffold, sustains spinal fracture

At 11:59 a.m. on December 16, 2020, Employee #1 was working on a shop-built self-propelled scaffold installing roofing plastic and insulation. The employee stepped off the edge of the scaffold without any fall protection systems in place and fell approximately 12 to 18 feet to the ground. The fall resulted in a T12 complete spinal fracture, and the employee was hospitalized for treatment.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1926.307(c)(3) · Mechanical power-transmission apparatus
 Serious$1,894$947May 19, 2021Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1926.307(f)(3) · Mechanical power-transmission apparatus
 Serious$0$0May 19, 2021Final
Citation 1, item 1c
29 CFR 1926.307(i)(2) · Mechanical power-transmission apparatus
 Serious$0$0May 19, 2021Final
Citation 1, item 2a
29 CFR 1926.451(a)(6) · Scaffolds, general requirements
 Serious$2,699$1,350May 19, 2021Final
Citation 1, item 2b
29 CFR 1926.451(f)(5) · Scaffolds, general requirements
 Serious$0$0May 19, 2021Final
Citation 1, item 2c
29 CFR 1926.451(f)(7) · Scaffolds, general requirements
 Serious$0$0May 19, 2021Final
Citation 1, item 2d
29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1) · Scaffolds, general requirements
 Serious$0$0May 19, 2021Final
Citation 1, item 2e
29 CFR 1926.454(a) · Scaffold training
 Serious$0$0May 19, 2021Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1904.39(a)(2) · Reporting deaths and severe injuries
 Other-than-serious$213$106May 19, 2021Final

Inspection 104247630 OPENED DEC 13, 1989Closed

Planned · No inspection · Safety · Closed Dec 18, 1989

2020 N. 3rd, Clinton, IA 52732 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 104227046 OPENED NOV 1, 1988Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 2 employees at the site · Closed Jun 9, 1989

Jefferson & Main, Lowden, IA 52255 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1926.152(a)(1) · Flammable liquids
 Serious$100$50Nov 14, 1988Closed
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1926.404(b)(1)(i) · Ground-fault protection on job sites
 Serious$120$75Nov 14, 1988Closed
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1200003 1
 Other-than-serious$0$0Nov 14, 1988Closed
Citation 2, item 2
29 CFR 1200005 1
 Other-than-serious$0$0Nov 14, 1988Closed
Citation 2, item 3
29 CFR 1200006
 Other-than-serious$0$0Nov 14, 1988Closed

Inspection 14761290 OPENED SEP 25, 1984Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 3 employees at the site · Closed Oct 17, 1984

640 16th Ave Se, Dyersville, IA 52040 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1926.451(e)(8) · Scaffolds, general requirements
 Other-than-serious$0$0Oct 9, 1984Closed

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1904.39 · Reporting deaths and severe injuries

29 CFR 1904.39(a)(2)

(2) Within twenty-four (24) hours after the in-patient hospitalization of one or more employees or an employee's amputation or an employee's loss of an eye, as a result of a work-related incident, you must report the in-patient hospitalization, amputation, or loss of an eye to OSHA.

29 CFR 1926.152 · Flammable liquids

29 CFR 1926.152(a)(1)

(a) General requirements. (1) Only approved containers and portable tanks shall be used for storage and handling of flammable liquids. Approved safety cans or Department of Transportation approved containers shall be used for the handling and use of flammable liquids in quantities of 5 gallons or less, except that this shall not apply to those flammable liquid materials which are highly viscid (extremely hard to pour), which may be used and handled in original shipping containers. For quantities of one gallon or less, the original container may be used, for storage, use and handling of flammable liquids.

29 CFR 1926.307 · Mechanical power-transmission apparatus

29 CFR 1926.307(c)(3)

(3) Guarding vertical and inclined shafting. Vertical and inclined shafting 7 feet (2.128 m) or less from floor or working platform, excepting maintenance runways, shall be enclosed with a stationary casing in accordance with requirements of paragraphs (m) and (o) of this section.

29 CFR 1926.404 · Ground-fault protection on job sites

29 CFR 1926.451 · Scaffolds, general requirements

29 CFR 1926.454 · Scaffold training

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