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Terry Rafalowski: OSHA inspections and violations

New Boston, Ohio · Other Building Finishing Contractors · NAICS 238390

1inspections
4citation items
$3,000current penalties
May 30, 2018last inspection

Terry Rafalowski has one OSHA inspection on record in Ohio.

OSHA opened it on May 30, 2018 on a referral, in New Boston.

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

OSHA proposed $12,750 in penalties. After settlements and reviews the total is $3,000, down 76%.

Most often, OSHA cited 1926.451, scaffolds, general requirements (2 items).

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

Terry Rafalowski: OSHA citation items per year, 2018 to 2018
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 343192258 OPENED MAY 30, 2018Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 3 employees at the site · Closed May 10, 2023

206 Vine St., New Boston, OH 45662 · Other Building Finishing Contractors · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on May 23, 2018: Employees falls from scaffold and punctures back

At 11:45 a.m. on May 23, 2018, Employee #1, employed by a construction company, was installing metal siding to an interior wall for a one-story commercial building. He was working from a rolling/mobile scaffold when he fell, a fall height of 2 feet, and sustained a puncture wound to his lower back and buttocks. Emergency services were called, and Employee #1 was transported to the hospital. He was admitted and treated for the puncture wound. wound.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1) · Scaffolds, general requirements
 Serious$3,326$750Jun 28, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1926.451(f)(3) · Scaffolds, general requirements
 Serious$2,772$750Jun 28, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1926.452(w)(1) · Rules for each type of scaffold
 Serious$3,880$750Jun 28, 2018Final
Citation 1, item 4
29 CFR 1926.454(a) · Scaffold training
 Serious$2,772$750Jun 28, 2018Final

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(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.

29 CFR 1926.452 · Rules for each type of scaffold

29 CFR 1926.452(w)(1)

(w) Mobile scaffolds. (1) Scaffolds shall be braced by cross, horizontal, or diagonal braces, or combination thereof, to prevent racking or collapse of the scaffold and to secure vertical members together laterally so as to automatically square and align the vertical members. Scaffolds shall be plumb, level, and squared. All brace connections shall be secured.

29 CFR 1926.454 · Scaffold training

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