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Paxton Contracting, LLC: OSHA inspections and violations

Rapid City, South Dakota · Framing Contractors · NAICS 238130

1inspections
5citation items
$15,500current penalties
Jan 20, 2023last inspection

OSHA has inspected Paxton Contracting, LLC once in South Dakota.

The inspection began on Jan 20, 2023 as a planned inspection, in Rapid City.

That inspection ended with 5 citation items: 3 serious and 2 other-than-serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $20,759 and now stand at $15,500, 25% lower after settlements or reviews.

Ladders in construction comes up most often in these citations: 2 items under 1926.1053.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for construction employers since 2015 is $3,080, and Paxton Contracting, LLC averages $15,500 (1 cited inspection).

Paxton Contracting, LLC: OSHA citation items per year, 2023 to 2023
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 346449903 OPENED JAN 20, 2023Closed

Planned · Partial · Safety · 16 employees at the site · Closed May 12, 2025

3276 Jim Street, Rapid City, SD 57703 · Framing Contractors · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1926.20(b)(2) · Construction safety programs
 Other-than-serious$2,678$2,500May 4, 2023Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1) · Eye and face protection in construction
 Other-than-serious$2,678$2,500May 4, 2023Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13) · Fall protection in construction
 Serious$10,938$7,500May 4, 2023Final
Citation 1, item 4a
29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1) · Ladders in construction
 Serious$4,465$3,000May 4, 2023Final
Citation 1, item 4b
29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(13) · Ladders in construction
 Serious$0$0May 4, 2023Final

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1926.102 · Eye and face protection in construction

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1)

(a) General. (1) The employer shall ensure that each affected employee uses appropriate eye or face protection when exposed to eye or face hazards from flying particles, molten metal, liquid chemicals, acids or caustic liquids, chemical gases or vapors, or potentially injurious light radiation.

29 CFR 1926.1053 · Ladders in construction

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1)

(1) When portable ladders are used for access to an upper landing surface, the ladder side rails shall extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface to which the ladder is used to gain access; or, when such an extension is not possible because of the ladder's length, then the ladder shall be secured at its top to a rigid support that will not deflect, and a grasping device, such as a grabrail, shall be provided to assist employees in mounting and dismounting the ladder. In no case shall the extension be such that ladder deflection under a load would, by itself, cause the ladder to slip off its support.

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(13)

(13) The top or top step of a stepladder shall not be used as a step.

29 CFR 1926.20 · Construction safety programs

29 CFR 1926.501 · Fall protection in construction

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