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OSHA Inspection: BURKS BROTHERS DRYWALL INC.

Planned inspection · Safety discipline

On , OSHA opened a planned safety inspection of BURKS BROTHERS DRYWALL INC. in 506 LAKE ST., ADDISON, IL 60101 (NAICS 000000). OSHA activity number 305155079.

What this inspection record means

OSHA opens inspections for many reasons: routine scheduling under a national or local emphasis program, an employee complaint or referral, or a follow-up after a reported injury. Opening or conducting an inspection is not itself an allegation or a finding that this employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.

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Site address
506 LAKE ST.
City
ADDISON
State
IL
ZIP
60101
Mailing
1207 BADGER ST., YORKVILLE, IL 60560
Inspection type
Planned (H)
Scope
Partial (B)
Discipline
Safety
Advance notice
No
Union status
Union (Y)
Opened
Closing conference
Case closed
Data loaded
NAICS code
000000
SIC code (legacy)
1761
Employees
7
Ownership type
Private (A)

1 citation on file for this inspection.

5(a)(1)

Serious Gravity 05 1 instance 1 exposed
Issued
Aug 13, 2002
Abate by
Aug 30, 2002
Penalty
Initial $1,750 · Current $1,225 Reduced
Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970: The
employer did not furnish
a place of employment which was free from recognized hazards that were
likely to cause death
or serious physical harm to employees in that employees were working in a
self propelled
extendible boom aerial lift and were not utilizing an appropriate fall
arrest system.
Burks Brothers Drywall Inc. - Employee working in a self-propelled
extendible boom aerial lift
was not utilizing fall protection.
Among feasible means of abatement would be to comply with the Americal
National Standards
Institute, ANSI A92.5-1992 standard for boom supported elevating work
platforms and enforce
the use of fall arrest systems anytime they are operating in the aerial
lift.l
Recent events (2)
  • · I (S) $1225.00
  • · Z (S) $1750.00

This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). OSHA publishes its own view of this case as inspection number 305155079.

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