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Rush Contractors LLC: OSHA inspections and violations

Cayce, South Carolina · Masonry Contractors · NAICS 238140

2inspections
4citation items
$1,724current penalties
Sep 16, 2015last inspection

OSHA has inspected Rush Contractors LLC 2 times in South Carolina since 2014.

The latest one began on Sep 16, 2015 as a planned inspection, in Wallace.

Those inspections ended with 4 citation items: 4 serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $6,425 and now stand at $1,724, 73% lower after settlements or reviews.

Scaffolds, general requirements comes up most often in these citations: 4 items under 1926.451.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for construction employers since 2015 is $3,080, and Rush Contractors LLC averages $787 (1 cited inspection).

Rush Contractors LLC: OSHA citation items per year, 2014 to 2015
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 340933373 OPENED SEP 16, 2015Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 9 employees at the site · Closed Mar 25, 2016

3643 Highway 9 West, Wallace, SC 29596 · Masonry Contractors · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 3a
29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1) · Scaffolds, general requirements
Serious$2,275$787Nov 4, 2015Final
Citation 1, item 3b
29 CFR 1926.451(f)(4) · Scaffolds, general requirements
Serious$2,275$0Nov 4, 2015Final

Inspection 317494227 OPENED APR 22, 2014Closed

Planned · Complete · Safety · 8 employees at the site · Closed Jul 31, 2014

1300 State Street, Cayce, SC 29033 · Masonry Contractors · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1926.451(c)(1)(ii) · Scaffolds, general requirements
Serious$375$188May 29, 2014Closed
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1) · Scaffolds, general requirements
Serious$1,500$750May 29, 2014Closed

The rules behind these citations

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

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 1926.451(c)(1)(ii)

(ii) Guys, ties, and braces shall be installed according to the scaffold manufacturer's recommendations or at the closest horizontal member to the 4:1 height and be repeated vertically at locations of horizontal members every 20 feet (6.1 m) or less thereafter for scaffolds 3 feet (0.91 m) wide or less, and every 26 feet (7.9 m) or less thereafter for scaffolds greater than 3 feet (0.91 m) wide. The top guy, tie or brace of completed scaffolds shall be placed no further than the 4:1 height from the top. Such guys, ties and braces shall be installed at each end of the scaffold and at horizontal intervals not to exceed 30 feet (9.1 m) (measured from one end [not both] towards the other).

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1)

(1) When scaffold platforms are more than 2 feet (0.6 m) above or below a point of access, portable ladders, hook-on ladders, attachable ladders, stair towers (scaffold stairways/towers), stairway-type ladders (such as ladder stands), ramps, walkways, integral prefabricated scaffold access, or direct access from another scaffold, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface shall be used. Crossbraces shall not be used as a means of access.

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