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Montes Construction, LLC: OSHA inspections and violations

Estelline, South Dakota · Structural Steel and Precast Concrete Contractors · NAICS 238120

2inspections
4citation items
$45,485current penalties
Nov 8, 2023last inspection

OSHA has inspected Montes Construction, LLC 2 times in South Dakota since 2020.

The latest one began on Nov 8, 2023 as a planned inspection, in Rapid City.

Those inspections ended with 4 citation items: 1 serious and 3 repeat.

Penalties were first proposed at $45,485 and still stand at $45,485.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for construction employers since 2015 is $3,080, and Montes Construction, LLC averages $45,485 (1 cited inspection).

Montes Construction, LLC: OSHA citation items per year, 2020 to 2023
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 347097933 OPENED NOV 8, 2023Closed

Planned · Partial · Safety · 6 employees at the site · Closed Apr 23, 2024

1950 Dyess Avenue, Rapid City, SD 57701 · Structural Steel and Precast Concrete Contractors · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 344928973 OPENED SEP 14, 2020Closed

Planned · Partial · Safety · 15 employees at the site · Closed Jul 23, 2026

Estelline Co-op Grain P.o. Box 160 - 465th Avenue, Estelline, SD 57234 · Structural Steel and Precast Concrete Contractors · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1926.454(a) · Scaffold training
Serious$3,433$3,433Jan 29, 2021Final
Citation 2, item 1 Repeat$12,015$12,015Jan 29, 2021Final
Citation 2, item 2a
29 CFR 1926.760(a)(1) · Fall protection
Repeat$30,037$30,037Jan 29, 2021Final
Citation 2, item 2b
29 CFR 1926.761(b) · Training
Repeat$0$0Jan 29, 2021Final

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1926.453 · Aerial lifts

29 CFR 1926.453(b)(2)(iv)

(iv) Employees shall always stand firmly on the floor of the basket, and shall not sit or climb on the edge of the basket or use planks, ladders, or other devices for a work position.

29 CFR 1926.454 · Scaffold training

29 CFR 1926.454(a)

(a) The employer shall have each employee who performs work while on a scaffold trained by a person qualified in the subject matter to recognize the hazards associated with the type of scaffold being used and to understand the procedures to control or minimize those hazards. The training shall include the following areas, as applicable:

29 CFR 1926.760 · Fall protection

29 CFR 1926.760(a)(1)

(a) General requirements. (1) Except as provided by paragraph (a)(3) of this section, each employee engaged in a steel erection activity who is on a walking/working surface with an unprotected side or edge more than 15 feet (4.6 m) above a lower level shall be protected from fall hazards by guardrail systems, safety net systems, personal fall arrest systems, positioning device systems or fall restraint systems.

29 CFR 1926.761 · Training

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