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Robert Dewese: OSHA inspections and violations

Frederick, Maryland · Roofing Contractors · NAICS 238160

1inspections
4citation items
$4,855current penalties
Dec 7, 2015last inspection

OSHA has inspected Robert Dewese once in Maryland.

The inspection began on Dec 7, 2015 after a fatality or catastrophe, in Frederick.

That inspection ended with 4 citation items: 4 serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $9,000 and now stand at $4,855, 46% lower after settlements or reviews.

Electrical safety in construction comes up most often in these citations: 2 items under 1926.416.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for construction employers since 2015 is $3,078, and Robert Dewese averages $4,855 (1 cited inspection).

1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.

Robert Dewese: OSHA citation items per year, 2015 to 2015
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 341108801 OPENED DEC 7, 2015Closed

Fatality or catastrophe · Partial · Safety · 2 employees at the site · Closed Apr 7, 2016

247 W. Fifth St., Frederick, MD 21701 · Roofing Contractors · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Dec 6, 2015 (fatal): Roofer is electrocuted when contacting high voltage overhead

At 3:30 p.m. on December 6, 2015, a roofer was spreading aluminum fiber coating on the roof of a row home while standing on a 28 foot tall aluminum ladder using a 10 foot long aluminum extension pole with a brush head attached on the end. The employee made contact with overhead 7,200 volt powerlines with the 10-foot extension pole while working on the roof and fell on to a concrete sidewalk. The employee was electrocuted

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1926.21(b)(2) · Construction safety training
 Serious$2,900$1,565Feb 16, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1926.416(a)(1) · Electrical safety in construction
 Serious$2,900$1,565Feb 16, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1926.416(a)(3) · Electrical safety in construction
 Serious$2,900$1,565Feb 16, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 4
29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(12) · Ladders in construction
 Serious$300$160Feb 16, 2016Final

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1926.1053 · Ladders in construction

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(12)

(12) Ladders shall have nonconductive siderails if they are used where the employee or the ladder could contact exposed energized electrical equipment, except as provided in § 1926.955(b) and (c) of this part.

29 CFR 1926.21 · Construction safety training

29 CFR 1926.21(b)(2)

(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 1926.416 · Electrical safety in construction

29 CFR 1926.416(a)(1)

(a) Protection of employees. (1) No employer shall permit an employee to work in such proximity to any part of an electric power circuit that the employee could contact the electric power circuit in the course of work, unless the employee is protected against electric shock by deenergizing the circuit and grounding it or by guarding it effectively by insulation or other means.

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