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Schaefer Construction, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

South Easton, Massachusetts · Roofing, Siding, and Insulation Material Merchant Wholesalers · NAICS 423330

1inspections
4citation items
$5,000current penalties
Sep 26, 2016last inspection

OSHA has inspected Schaefer Construction, Inc. once in Massachusetts.

The inspection began on Sep 26, 2016 as part of a related case, in South Easton.

That inspection ended with 4 citation items: 4 serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $10,689 and now stand at $5,000, 53% lower after settlements or reviews.

Scaffolds, general requirements comes up most often in these citations: 2 items under 1926.451.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for wholesale employers since 2015 is $3,425, and Schaefer Construction, Inc. averages $5,000 (1 cited inspection).

Schaefer Construction, Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 2016 to 2016
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 341796563 OPENED SEP 26, 2016Closed

Unprogrammed related · Partial · Safety · 5 employees at the site · Closed Jan 3, 2018

941 Washington Street, South Easton, MA 02375 · Roofing, Siding, and Insulation Material Merchant Wholesalers · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1926.300(b)(4)(ii) · Tools—Hand and Power: general requirements
 Serious$3,207$1,400Dec 9, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1) · Scaffolds, general requirements
 Serious$3,741$1,800Dec 9, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 3a
29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1) · Scaffolds, general requirements
 Serious$3,741$1,800Dec 9, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 3b
29 CFR 1926.454(a) · Scaffold training
 Serious$0$0Dec 9, 2016Final

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1926.300 · Tools—Hand and Power: general requirements

29 CFR 1926.300(b)(4)(ii)

(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.

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(g)(1)

(g) Fall protection. (1) Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above a lower level shall be protected from falling to that lower level. Paragraphs (g)(1) (i) through (vii) of this section establish the types of fall protection to be provided to the employees on each type of scaffold. Paragraph (g)(2) of this section addresses fall protection for scaffold erectors and dismantlers.

29 CFR 1926.454 · Scaffold training

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