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Richard Smith: OSHA inspections and violations

Westminster, Maryland · Framing Contractors · NAICS 238130

1inspections
4citation items
$900current penalties
Nov 15, 2016last inspection

Richard Smith has one OSHA inspection on record in Maryland.

OSHA opened it on Nov 15, 2016 as a planned inspection, in Westminster.

From that inspection OSHA issued 4 citation items: 3 serious and 1 other-than-serious.

OSHA proposed $900 in penalties and the amount has not been reduced.

Most often, OSHA cited 1926.451, scaffolds, general requirements (3 items).

For context, across all construction employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $3,079. Richard Smith averages $900 over 1 cited inspection in that time.

Richard Smith: OSHA citation items per year, 2016 to 2016
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 341914901 OPENED NOV 15, 2016Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 2 employees at the site · Closed May 1, 2017

Lot 12 Amherst Ln., Westminster, MD 21158 · Framing Contractors · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1a
29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2)(iv) · Scaffolds, general requirements
 Serious$900$900Jan 24, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 1b
29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2)(v) · Scaffolds, general requirements
 Serious$0$0Jan 24, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 1c
29 CFR 1926.451(g)(4)(ii) · Scaffolds, general requirements
 Serious$0$0Jan 24, 2017Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1910.178(l)(6) · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks
 Other-than-serious$0$0Jan 24, 2017Final

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1910.178 · Forklifts and other powered industrial trucks

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(6)

(6) Certification. The employer shall certify that each operator has been trained and evaluated as required by this paragraph (l). The certification shall include the name of the operator, the date of the training, the date of the evaluation, and the identity of the person(s) performing the training or evaluation.

29 CFR 1926.451 · Scaffolds, general requirements

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2)(iv)

(iv) Front-end loaders and similar pieces of equipment shall not be used to support scaffold platforms unless they have been specifically designed by the manufacturer for such use.

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2)(v)

(v) Fork-lifts shall not be used to support scaffold platforms unless the entire platform is attached to the fork and the fork-lift is not moved horizontally while the platform is occupied.

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