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William Blount: OSHA inspections and violations

Oxford, Mississippi · Structural Steel and Precast Concrete Contractors · NAICS 238120

1inspections
4citation items
$4,800current penalties
Apr 16, 2015last inspection

OSHA has inspected William Blount once in Mississippi.

The inspection began on Apr 16, 2015 as a planned inspection, in Oxford.

That inspection ended with 4 citation items: 4 serious.

Penalties were first proposed at $4,800 and still stand at $4,800.

Ladders in construction comes up most often in these citations: 3 items under 1926.1053.

How that compares: the median penalty per cited inspection for construction employers since 2015 is $3,079, and William Blount averages $4,800 (1 cited inspection).

William Blount: OSHA citation items per year, 2015 to 2015
Citation items per year, by inspection date.

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Inspection history

Inspection 340563592 OPENED APR 16, 2015Closed

Planned · Partial · Safety · 7 employees at the site · Closed Sep 26, 2019

133-149 Hwy 30e Gps: 34.4887716, -89.4887716, Oxford, MS 38655 · Structural Steel and Precast Concrete Contractors · OSHA's record · Phone and website on Google Maps

Citation and ruleTypeProposedCurrentIssuedStatus
Citation 1, item 1
29 CFR 1926.100(a) · Hard hats in construction
 Serious$2,000$2,000May 28, 2015Final
Citation 1, item 2a
29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1) · Ladders in construction
 Serious$2,800$2,800May 28, 2015Final
Citation 1, item 2b
29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(4) · Ladders in construction
 Serious$0$0May 28, 2015Final
Citation 1, item 2c
29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(13) · Ladders in construction
 Serious$0$0May 28, 2015Final

The rules behind these citations

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

29 CFR 1926.100 · Hard hats in construction

29 CFR 1926.100(a)

(a) Employees working in areas where there is a possible danger of head injury from impact, or from falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, shall be protected by protective helmets.

29 CFR 1926.1053 · Ladders in construction

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1)

(1) When portable ladders are used for access to an upper landing surface, the ladder side rails shall extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface to which the ladder is used to gain access; or, when such an extension is not possible because of the ladder's length, then the ladder shall be secured at its top to a rigid support that will not deflect, and a grasping device, such as a grabrail, shall be provided to assist employees in mounting and dismounting the ladder. In no case shall the extension be such that ladder deflection under a load would, by itself, cause the ladder to slip off its support.

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(13)

(13) The top or top step of a stepladder shall not be used as a step.

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