Murray, Kentucky · Commercial and Institutional Building Construction · NAICS 236220
14inspections
5citation items
$4,625current penalties
Feb 23, 2017last inspection
OSHA has inspected Pinnacle Inc 14 times in Kentucky since 2001.
The latest one began on Feb 23, 2017 on a referral, in Benton.
Those inspections ended with 5 citation items: 4 serious and 1 other-than-serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $8,125 and now stand at $4,625, 43% lower after settlements or reviews.
Scaffolds, general requirements comes up most often in these citations: 2 items under 1926.451.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for construction employers since 2015 is $3,080, and Pinnacle Inc averages $3,500 (1 cited inspection).
Pinnacle Inc also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
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From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2024, the Benton site logged 4 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 44 workers: 9.1 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 0.6 for its industry.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Pinnacle Inc - Benton KY
Benton · 2024
44
4
0
9.1
0.6
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(2) The employer shall instruct each employee in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions and the regulations applicable to his work environment to control or eliminate any hazards or other exposure to illness or injury.
29 CFR 1926.300 · Tools—Hand and Power: general requirements
29 CFR 1926.300(b)(3)
(3) Types of guarding. One or more methods of machine guarding shall be provided to protect the operator and other employees in the machine area from hazards such as those created by point of operation, ingoing nip points, rotating parts, flying chips and sparks. Examples of guarding methods are—barrier guards, two-hand tripping devices, electronic safety devices, etc.
(g) Fall protection. (1) Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above a lower level shall be protected from falling to that lower level. Paragraphs (g)(1) (i) through (vii) of this section establish the types of fall protection to be provided to the employees on each type of scaffold. Paragraph (g)(2) of this section addresses fall protection for scaffold erectors and dismantlers.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OSHA enforcement data. A citation is OSHA's allegation; employers can contest it, and the status column shows where each item stands. Something wrong on this page? Tell us.