Ossam Construction Inc has 9 OSHA inspections on record in Puerto Rico, the first in 1995.
OSHA's last visit started on Mar 19, 2015 as a planned inspection, in Coamo.
Across those inspections OSHA issued 21 citation items: 13 serious, 1 repeat and 7 other-than-serious.
OSHA proposed $23,198 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $11,336, down 51%.
Most often, OSHA cited 1926.501, fall protection in construction (4 items).
For context, across all construction employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $3,080. Ossam Construction Inc averages $1,500 over 1 cited inspection in that time.
1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.
Inspection 301705851 OPENED FEB 21, 2002Closed
Unprogrammed related · Partial · Safety · 27 employees at the site · Closed Aug 8, 2002
Carr 187 Km 12.4 Mediania Alta, Loiza, PR 00772 · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps
Incident on Feb 20, 2002 (fatal): Employee falls and dies from impaling steel structure
At approximately 11:30 a.m. on February 20, 2002, Employee #1 and coworkers were constructing an indoor gymnasium of a school building when one of the six colum ns tipped over collapsing the structure. The columns were 33.25-ft tall, and ran ged from 17-in. to 45-in. wide. Two of the columns were secured and fitted with water and sewer plumbing. Employee #1 was located above the second column that w as connected to another column with bathroom plumbing. When the column of bathro om piping began to fall, it pulled the column supporting Employee #1. He tried t o descend the column, but fell landing approximately 15 ft upon unguarded steel rods. The steel rods impaled him causing fatal injuries.
| Citation and rule | Type | Proposed | Current | Issued | Status |
|---|
| Citation 1, item 1 |
Serious | $2,500 | $1,750 | Jun 19, 2002 | Closed |
| Citation 1, item 2 |
Serious | $2,500 | $1,750 | Jun 19, 2002 | Closed |
| Citation 1, item 3 |
Serious | $2,500 | $0 | Jun 19, 2002 | Closed |
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
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