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Simon Renno: OSHA inspections and violations

Middleburg, Pennsylvania · Commercial and Institutional Building Construction · NAICS 236220

1inspections
4citation items
$11,000current penalties
Aug 13, 2015last inspection

Simon Renno has one OSHA inspection on record in Pennsylvania.

OSHA opened it on Aug 13, 2015 after a fatality or catastrophe, in Middleburg.

From that inspection OSHA issued 4 citation items: 4 serious.

OSHA proposed $16,800 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $11,000, down 35%.

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. Simon Renno averages $11,000 over 1 cited inspection in that time.

1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.

Simon Renno: OSHA citation items per year, 2015 to 2015
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 340847441 OPENED AUG 13, 2015Closed

Fatality or catastrophe · Complete · Safety · 5 employees at the site · Closed Apr 12, 2017

102 Bowersox Rd, Middleburg, PA 17842 · Commercial and Institutional Building Construction · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Aug 13, 2015 (fatal): Employee falls from scaffold and is killed

At 9:00 a.m. on August 13, 2015, an employee was plastering the inside wall of a new silo. The scaffold platform failed and the employee fell. The employee was killed due to fall.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1926.451(a)(1) · Scaffolds, general requirements
 Serious$7,000$5,000Feb 11, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1)(i) · Scaffolds, general requirements
 Serious$2,800$2,000Feb 11, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 3a
29 CFR 1926.451(f)(3) · Scaffolds, general requirements
 Serious$7,000$4,000Feb 11, 2016Final
Citation 1, item 3b
29 CFR 1926.451(f)(7) · Scaffolds, general requirements
 Serious$0$0Feb 11, 2016Final

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(a)(1)

(a) Capacity. (1) Except as provided in paragraphs (a)(2), (a)(3), (a)(4), (a)(5) and (g) of this section, each scaffold and scaffold component shall be capable of supporting, without failure, its own weight and at least 4 times the maximum intended load applied or transmitted to it.

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1)(i)

(i) Each platform unit (e.g., scaffold plank, fabricated plank, fabricated deck, or fabricated platform) shall be installed so that the space between adjacent units and the space between the platform and the uprights is no more than 1 inch (2.5 cm) wide, except where the employer can demonstrate that a wider space is necessary (for example, to fit around uprights when side brackets are used to extend the width of the platform).

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(3)

(3) Scaffolds and scaffold components shall be inspected for visible defects by a competent person before each work shift, and after any occurrence which could affect a scaffold's structural integrity.

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