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Signet Builders, Inc.: OSHA inspections and violations

Salem, South Dakota · Framing Contractors · NAICS 238130

1inspections
3citation items
$13,000current penalties
Jan 20, 2017last inspection

Signet Builders, Inc. has one OSHA inspection on record in South Dakota.

OSHA opened it on Jan 20, 2017 on a referral, in Salem.

From that inspection OSHA issued 3 citation items: 3 serious.

OSHA proposed $18,107 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $13,000, down 28%.

For context, across all construction employers the median penalty per cited inspection since 2015 is $3,080. Signet Builders, Inc. averages $13,000 over 1 cited inspection in that time.

It reported 1 severe injury to OSHA since 2015.

Signet Builders, Inc.: OSHA citation items per year, 2017 to 2017
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

South Dakota · latest 90 days of OSHA records

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Inspection history

Inspection 342050598 OPENED JAN 20, 2017Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 36 employees at the site · Closed Mar 8, 2017

25036 438th St., Salem, SD 57058 · Framing Contractors · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Jan 18, 2017: Employee falls from purlin and fractures neck

At 2:00 p.m. on January 18, 2017, an employee was walking on purlins of a roof, lacing insulation, when a portion of the 2 inch by 4 inch purlin broke. The employee fell to the ground and fractured his neck. He was hospitalized and received treatment for his injury.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1926.20(b)(2) · Construction safety programs
 Serious$5,432$3,000Feb 1, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 2a
29 CFR 1926.760(a)(1) · Fall protection
 Serious$12,675$10,000Feb 1, 2017Final
Citation 1, item 2b
29 CFR 1926.502(d)(15) · Fall protection systems
 Serious$0$0Feb 1, 2017Final

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.

Jan 18, 2017, Salem: Hospitalization · fractures and other injuries, n.e.c. · head and neck

An employee was walking across a roof purlin to attempt to connect to a retractable lifeline when the purlin broke and he fell 20 feet to the concrete below. He broke his neck and suffered brain swelling.

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1926.20 · Construction safety programs

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(2)

(2) Such programs shall provide for frequent and regular inspections of the job sites, materials, and equipment to be made by competent persons designated by the employers.

29 CFR 1926.502 · Fall protection systems

29 CFR 1926.502(d)(15)

(15) Anchorages used for attachment of personal fall arrest equipment shall be independent of any anchorage being used to support or suspend platforms and capable of supporting at least 5,000 pounds (22.2 kN) per employee attached, or shall be designed, installed, and used as follows:

29 CFR 1926.760 · Fall protection

29 CFR 1926.760(a)(1)

(a) General requirements. (1) Except as provided by paragraph (a)(3) of this section, each employee engaged in a steel erection activity who is on a walking/working surface with an unprotected side or edge more than 15 feet (4.6 m) above a lower level shall be protected from fall hazards by guardrail systems, safety net systems, personal fall arrest systems, positioning device systems or fall restraint systems.

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