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Versatile Contracting, LLC: OSHA inspections and violations

Detroit, Michigan · Site Preparation Contractors · NAICS 238910

1inspections
6citation items
$21,000current penalties
Mar 16, 2023last inspection

OSHA has inspected Versatile Contracting, LLC once in Michigan.

The inspection began on Mar 16, 2023 on a referral, in Detroit.

That inspection ended with 6 citation items: 6 serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $42,000 and now stand at $21,000, 50% lower after settlements or reviews.

Fall protection training in construction comes up most often in these citations: 2 items under 1926.503.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for construction employers since 2015 is $3,078, and Versatile Contracting, LLC averages $21,000 (1 cited inspection).

1 inspection on this page followed a fatal incident.

Versatile Contracting, LLC: OSHA citation items per year, 2023 to 2023
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 346571466 OPENED MAR 16, 2023Closed

Referral · Partial · Safety · 5 employees at the site · Closed Aug 18, 2023

8951 Schaefer Highway, Detroit, MI 48228 · Site Preparation Contractors · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Incident on Mar 15, 2023 (fatal): Employee is killed in fall through skylight

At 10:00 a.m. on March 15, 2023, Employee #1 was installing fanfold, which is a 3/8-inch Duro-Guard recover board system to roof the building. Employee #1 was cutting the fanfold around the skylight and leaned against/on the skylight. The plastic-like skylight material broke, and the employee fell through the opening, approximately 20 feet to the ground below. Employee #1 received multiple fractures, which included injuries to the head and spinal cord. Employee #1 was killed.

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 408.40114(1)
 Serious$7,000$3,500Jul 14, 2023Final
Citation 1, item 2
29 CFR 1926.501(b)(4)(i) · Fall protection in construction
 Serious$7,000$3,500Jul 14, 2023Final
Citation 1, item 3
29 CFR 1926.502(i)(2) · Fall protection systems
 Serious$7,000$3,500Jul 14, 2023Final
Citation 1, item 4
29 CFR 1926.502(i)(4) · Fall protection systems
 Serious$7,000$3,500Jul 14, 2023Final
Citation 1, item 5
29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1) · Fall protection training in construction
 Serious$7,000$3,500Jul 14, 2023Final
Citation 1, item 6
29 CFR 1926.503(b)(1) · Fall protection training in construction
 Serious$7,000$3,500Jul 14, 2023Final

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1926.501 · Fall protection in construction

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(4)(i)

(4) Holes. (i) Each employee on walking/working surfaces shall be protected from falling through holes (including skylights) more than 6 feet (1.8 m) above lower levels, by personal fall arrest systems, covers, or guardrail systems erected around such holes.

29 CFR 1926.502 · Fall protection systems

29 CFR 1926.502(i)(2)

(2) All other covers shall be capable of supporting, without failure, at least twice the weight of employees, equipment, and materials that may be imposed on the cover at any one time.

29 CFR 1926.502(i)(4)

(4) All covers shall be color coded or they shall be marked with the word “HOLE” or “COVER” to provide warning of the hazard.

29 CFR 1926.503 · Fall protection training in construction

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