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Ruhlman Eilers Construction LLC: OSHA inspections and violations

Omaha, Nebraska · Siding Contractors · NAICS 238170

1inspections
7citation items
$20,000current penalties
Apr 26, 2023last inspection

Ruhlman Eilers Construction LLC has one OSHA inspection on record in Nebraska.

OSHA opened it on Apr 26, 2023 after a fatality or catastrophe, in Omaha.

From that inspection OSHA issued 7 citation items: 5 serious and 2 other-than-serious.

OSHA proposed $26,119 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $20,000, down 23%.

Most often, OSHA cited 1926.451, scaffolds, general requirements (4 items).

For context, across all construction employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $3,080. Ruhlman Eilers Construction LLC averages $20,000 over 1 cited inspection in that time.

1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.

Ruhlman Eilers Construction LLC: OSHA citation items per year, 2023 to 2023
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 346664881 OPENED APR 26, 2023Closed

Fatality or catastrophe · Complete · Safety · 7 employees at the site · Closed Dec 7, 2023

2536 S 191st Circle, Omaha, NE 68164 · Siding Contractors · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Apr 26, 2023 (fatal): Employee is killed in fall from scaffold

At 9:30 a.m. on April 26, 2023, an employee was installing windows. The employee fell from a ladder set on top of a scaffold. The employee sustained arm and head fractures and was killed.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1) · Scaffolds, general requirements
 Other-than-serious$4,688$3,600Aug 14, 2023Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1) · Scaffolds, general requirements
 Other-than-serious$2,679$2,000Aug 14, 2023Final
Citation 1, item 3a
29 CFR 1926.451(f)(15) · Scaffolds, general requirements
 Serious$4,688$3,600Aug 14, 2023Final
Citation 1, item 3b
29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(6) · Ladders in construction
 Serious$0$0Aug 14, 2023Final
Citation 1, item 4
29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1) · Scaffolds, general requirements
 Serious$4,688$3,600Aug 14, 2023Final
Citation 1, item 5
29 CFR 1926.454(a) · Scaffold training
 Serious$4,688$3,600Aug 14, 2023Final
Citation 1, item 6
29 CFR 1926.1060(a) · Ladder and stairway training
 Serious$4,688$3,600Aug 14, 2023Final

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)(6)

(6) Ladders shall be used only on stable and level surfaces unless secured to prevent accidental displacement.

29 CFR 1926.1060 · Ladder and stairway training

29 CFR 1926.1060(a)

(a) The employer shall provide a training program for each employee using ladders and stairways, as necessary. The program shall enable each employee to recognize hazards related to ladders and stairways, and shall train each employee in the procedures to be followed to minimize these hazards.

29 CFR 1926.451 · Scaffolds, general requirements

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1)

(b) Scaffold platform construction. (1) Each platform on all working levels of scaffolds shall be fully planked or decked between the front uprights and the guardrail supports as follows:

29 CFR 1926.454 · Scaffold training

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