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Primo Builders: OSHA inspections and violations

Pago Pago, American Samoa · Commercial and Institutional Building Construction · NAICS 236220

8inspections
10citation items
$18,295current penalties
Oct 31, 2019last inspection

Since 2012, OSHA inspectors have visited Primo Builders in American Samoa 8 times.

The most recent inspection opened on Oct 31, 2019 as a planned inspection, in Pago Pago.

In all, OSHA issued 10 citation items: 10 serious.

The penalties, $18,295 in total, stand where OSHA first set them.

The rule cited most here is 1926.404 (ground-fault protection on job sites), 2 times.

Among construction employers, the typical cited inspection since 2015 ends with a $3,079 penalty. Primo Builders averages $3,565 across 3 cited inspections.

Primo Builders: OSHA citation items per year, 2012 to 2019
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 344420781 OPENED OCT 31, 2019Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 25 employees at the site · Closed Nov 8, 2019

Laufou Shopping Center Tafuna, Pago Pago, AS 96799 · Commercial and Institutional Building Construction · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 344403910 OPENED OCT 24, 2019Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 20 employees at the site · Closed Mar 29, 2023

Anz Bank Industrial Park, Pago Pago, AS 96799 · Commercial and Institutional Building Construction · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1926.303(b)(1) · Abrasive wheels and tools
Serious$3,031$3,031Nov 21, 2019Final

Inspection 344035001 OPENED MAY 8, 2019Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 12 employees at the site · Closed Mar 29, 2023

Forscreen Tafuna Shopping Center, Pago Pago, AS 96799 · Commercial and Institutional Building Construction · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1926.303(b)(1) · Abrasive wheels and tools
Serious$3,031$3,031Jun 26, 2019Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(4) · Ladders in construction
Serious$3,031$3,031Jun 26, 2019Final

Inspection 343440830 OPENED AUG 30, 2018Closed

Planned · No inspection · Safety · 4 employees at the site · Closed Oct 17, 2018

Halex Rental Apartments Ottoville, Pago Pago, AS 96799 · Commercial and Institutional Building Construction · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 343031589 OPENED MAR 8, 2018Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 10 employees at the site · Closed Apr 26, 2022

Satala Shipyard Next Door To Shipyard Services Authority, Pago Pago, AS 96799 · Masonry Contractors · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1910.305(j)(1)(i) · Electrical wiring methods
Serious$1,602$1,602Apr 30, 2018Final

Inspection 342614906 OPENED AUG 21, 2017Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 10 employees at the site · Closed Dec 22, 2017

Forsgren Warehouse Parking Lot, Pago Pago, AS 96799 · Masonry Contractors · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

No citations from this inspection.

Inspection 340113943 OPENED DEC 3, 2014Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 5 employees at the site · Closed Mar 8, 2017

Leone High School School Gym, Pago Pago, AS 96799 · Masonry Contractors · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1926.403(b)(1)(i) · Electrical equipment on job sites
Serious$1,200$1,200Jan 14, 2015Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1926.405(b)(2) · Job-site wiring
Serious$2,000$2,000Jan 14, 2015Final

Inspection 338391030 OPENED DEC 19, 2012Closed

Unprogrammed other · Complete · Safety · 5 employees at the site · Closed Jun 18, 2018

Old Sos Building Location, Faga'alu Village, Pago Pago, AS 96799 · All Other Specialty Trade Contractors · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1926.25(a) · Housekeeping
Serious$1,600$1,600May 15, 2013Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1926.25(b) · Housekeeping
Serious$0$0May 15, 2013Final
Citation 1, item 2a
29 CFR 1926.404(b)(1)(i) · Ground-fault protection on job sites
Serious$2,800$2,800May 15, 2013Final
Citation 1, item 2b
29 CFR 1926.404(f)(6) · Ground-fault protection on job sites
Serious$0$0May 15, 2013Final

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.305 · Electrical wiring methods

29 CFR 1910.305(j)(1)(i)

(j) Equipment for general use—(1) Lighting fixtures, lampholders, lamps, and receptacles. (i) Fixtures, lampholders, lamps, rosettes, and receptacles may have no live parts normally exposed to employee contact. However, rosettes and cleat-type lampholders and receptacles located at least 2.44 m (8.0 ft) above the floor may have exposed terminals.

29 CFR 1926.1053 · Ladders in construction

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(4)

(4) Ladders shall be used only for the purpose for which they were designed.

29 CFR 1926.25 · Housekeeping

29 CFR 1926.25(a)

(a) During the course of construction, alteration, or repairs, form and scrap lumber with protruding nails, and all other debris, shall be kept cleared from work areas, passageways, and stairs, in and around buildings or other structures.

29 CFR 1926.303 · Abrasive wheels and tools

29 CFR 1926.403 · Electrical equipment on job sites

29 CFR 1926.404 · Ground-fault protection on job sites

29 CFR 1926.405 · Job-site wiring

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