Rubb Building Systems: OSHA inspections and violations
Portland, Maine · Commercial and Institutional Building Construction · NAICS 236220
3inspections
5citation items
$6,552current penalties
Dec 6, 2018last inspection
OSHA has inspected Rubb Building Systems 3 times in Maine since 2004.
The latest one began on Dec 6, 2018 on a referral, in Sanford.
Those inspections ended with 5 citation items: 5 serious.
Penalties were first proposed at $9,946 and now stand at $6,552, 34% lower after settlements or reviews.
Ground-fault protection on job sites comes up most often in these citations: 2 items under 1926.404.
How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for construction employers since 2015 is $3,080, and Rubb Building Systems averages $4,617 (1 cited inspection).
Rubb Building Systems also files yearly injury logs with OSHA, summarized below.
It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.
Citation items per year, by inspection date.
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Incident on Dec 4, 2018: Employee injures right hand pinky finger
At 2:00 p.m. on December 4, 2018, Employee #1 was cutting 4 inch by 4 inch by 15 feet steel tubing when his right hand got pinched by the hydraulic clamp. The employee injured his right hand pinky finger and was hospitalized.
From the Form 300A summaries employers file with OSHA each year. Rate = recordable cases per 100 full-time workers.
In 2017, the Sanford site logged 3 recordable injuries or illnesses among about 52 workers: 5.7 per 100 full-time workers, against a median of 3.6 for its industry.
Site and year
Workers
Cases
Days-away cases
Rate
Industry median
Rubb Building Systems
Sanford · 2017
52
3
0
5.7
3.6
Severe injury reports
Employers must report any work-related amputation, in-patient hospitalization or loss of an eye to OSHA within 24 hours. 1 report on file.
An employee was cutting 4x4x15 pieces of steel on a wall saw. While positioning the steel, the employee's right hand was pinched between the hydraulic clamp and the steel. The right pinky was degloved up to the second knuckle. The employee required a medical amputation of the pinky just below the knuckle.
The rules behind these citations
Current text from the Code of Federal Regulations. Some citations were issued under older wording.
(ii) The point of operation of machines whose operation exposes an employee to injury, shall be guarded. The guarding device shall be in conformity with any appropriate standards therefor, or, in the absence of applicable specific standards, shall be so designed and constructed as to prevent the operator from having any part of his body in the danger zone during the operating cycle.
(b) Branch circuits—(1) Ground-fault protection—(i) General. The employer shall use either ground fault circuit interrupters as specified in paragraph (b)(1)(ii) of this section or an assured equipment grounding conductor program as specified in paragraph (b)(1)(iii) of this section to protect employees on construction sites. These requirements are in addition to any other requirements for equipment grounding conductors.
29 CFR 1926.404(f)(6)
(6) Grounding path. The path to ground from circuits, equipment, and enclosures shall be permanent and continuous.
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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.
