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Rooter Solutions, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Buffalo Grove, Illinois · Water and Sewer Line and Related Structures Construction · NAICS 237110

1inspections
2citation items
$35,940current penalties
Dec 12, 2022last inspection

Rooter Solutions, Inc. has one OSHA inspection on record in Illinois.

OSHA opened it on Dec 12, 2022 after a fatality or catastrophe, in Buffalo Grove.

From that inspection OSHA issued 2 citation items: 1 serious and 1 willful.

OSHA proposed $35,940 in penalties and the amount has not been reduced.

For context, across all construction employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $3,079. Rooter Solutions, Inc. averages $35,940 over 1 cited inspection in that time.

1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.

Rooter Solutions, Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 2022 to 2022
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 346388739 OPENED DEC 12, 2022Closed

Fatality or catastrophe · Partial · Safety · 3 employees at the site · Closed Aug 5, 2024

1011 Aspen Drive, Buffalo Grove, IL 60089 · Water and Sewer Line and Related Structures Construction · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Dec 12, 2022 (fatal): One employee is killed, another escapes unharmed in trench c

At 5:00 p.m. on December 12, 2022, two employees were working in a trench excavation during a sewer line construction project in the front yard of a single family residential structure. Employee #1 and Employee #2, a co-owner of the company, were in the trench at a depth of approximately 7 feet attempting to fix a water line damaged during excavating operations. The employees were working at the bottom of the trench without cave-in protection when the cave-in occurred. Employee #2 was crushed by the soil and killed. Employee #1 was able to escape physically unharmed from the trench cave-in.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1926.100(a) · Hard hats in construction
 Serious$4,688$4,688Jun 2, 2023Final
Citation 2, item 1
29 CFR 1926.652(a)(2) · Trench protection
 Willful$31,252$31,252Jun 2, 2023Final

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1926.100 · Hard hats in construction

29 CFR 1926.100(a)

(a) Employees working in areas where there is a possible danger of head injury from impact, or from falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, shall be protected by protective helmets.

29 CFR 1926.652 · Trench protection

29 CFR 1926.652(a)(2)

(2) Protective systems shall have the capacity to resist without failure all loads that are intended or could reasonably be expected to be applied or transmitted to the system.

Other water and sewer line and related structures construction employers in Illinois

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