SAN ANTONIO, TX ·
OSHA Inspection: WILLIAMS BROTHERS CONSTRUCTION CO., INC.
Fatality or catastrophe inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a fatality or catastrophe safety inspection of WILLIAMS BROTHERS CONSTRUCTION CO., INC. in HIGHWAY 281 AND LOOP 1604 INTERCHANGE JOB #466, SAN ANTONIO, TX 78232 (NAICS 237310). OSHA activity number 334561149.
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employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.
Where did this inspection happen?
- Establishment
- WILLIAMS BROTHERS CONSTRUCTION CO., INC.
- Site address
- HIGHWAY 281 AND LOOP 1604 INTERCHANGE JOB #466
- City
- SAN ANTONIO
- State
- TX
- ZIP
- 78232
- Mailing
- 3800 MILAM, HOUSTON, TX 77006
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Fatality or catastrophe (M)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- Discipline
- Safety
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- Non-union (B)
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 237310
- Employees
- 14
- Ownership type
- Private (A)
Citations
3 citations on file for this inspection.
1926.501 B04 I
- Issued
- Nov 30, 2012
- Abate by
- Aug 20, 2013
- Penalty
- Initial $7,000 · Current $7,000
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.501(b)(4)(i): Each employee on walking/working surfaces was not 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 each hole: On or about 6/4/12, an interior horizontal lifeline was not provided on the east side of the permantent metal decking panel for a worker who was installing the east side of the permanent metal decking panel.
Recent events (3)
- · F (S) $7000
- · C (S) $7000
- · Z (S) $7000
1926.502 D16 III
- Issued
- Nov 30, 2012
- Abate by
- Dec 20, 2012
- Penalty
- Initial $6,600 · Current $0 Reduced
General-duty citation text
1926.502(d)(16)(iii): Personal Fall arrest systems, when stopping a fall, were not rigged such that an employee can neither free fall more than 6 ft. (1.8 m), nor contact any lower level: On or about 6/4/2012 and at times prior thereto employees were exposed to a free fall greater then 6 ft. in height, when tying off to embedded rebar loops located on the walking/working surface while installing permanent metal decking on a highway under construction.
Recent events (3)
- · F (S) $0
- · C (S) $6600
- · Z (S) $6600
1926.503 C
- Issued
- Nov 30, 2012
- Abate by
- Aug 20, 2013
- Penalty
- Initial $6,600 · Current $5,600 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.503(c): The employer did not retrain affected employees who already had been trained but demonstrated inadequate understanding and skill required by paragraph (a) of this section: On or about 6/4/2012, an employee who was installing the east side of a permanent metal decking panel did not demonstrate adequate understanding and skill as required in 1926.503(a) and needed retraining.
Recent events (3)
- · F (O) $5600
- · C (S) $6600
- · Z (S) $6600
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Source
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 334561149.
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