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OSHA Inspection: KLINE CONSTRUCTION, LLC

Complaint inspection · Safety discipline

On , OSHA opened a complaint safety inspection of KLINE CONSTRUCTION, LLC in 5244 THUNDERMOUNTAIN SQUARE, BILLINGS, MT 59101 (NAICS 236115). OSHA activity number 339428260.

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Site address
5244 THUNDERMOUNTAIN SQUARE
City
BILLINGS
State
MT
ZIP
59101
Mailing
3521 TIGARD, BILLINGS, MT 59101
Inspection type
Complaint (B)
Scope
Complete (A)
Discipline
Safety
Advance notice
No
Union status
B
Opened
Closing conference
Case closed
Last modified
Data loaded
NAICS code
236115
Employees
4
Ownership type
A

10 citations on file for this inspection.

1926.100 A

Serious Gravity 10 1 instance 3 exposed
Issued
Abate by
Penalty
Initial $2800.00 · Current $1400.00 Reduced
29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, were not protected by protective helmets:    a) Construction Site; On or about September 26, 2013 and at times prior, employees were exposed to overhead struck by hazard while working under trusses being lifted over the work area.
Recent events (3)
  • — F (S) $1400
  • — C (S) $2800
  • — Z (S) $2800

1926.501 B13

Serious Gravity 10 1 instance 2 exposed
Issued
Abate by
Penalty
Initial $2800.00 · Current $1400.00 Reduced
29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13): Each employee engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m)  or more above lower levels was not protected by guardrail systems, safety net systems, personal fall arrest systems:         a) Construction Site; On or about September 26, 2013 and at times prior, employees were exposed to a fall hazard of twenty one (21) feet to the ground level below while working from unguarded second story window guiding trusses.
Recent events (3)
  • — F (S) $1400
  • — C (S) $2800
  • — Z (S) $2800

1926.503 A01

Serious Gravity 10 1 instance 2 exposed
Issued
Abate by
Penalty
Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00
29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee potentially exposed to fall hazards to enable each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards:   a) Construction Site; On or about September 26, 2013 and at times prior, employees were required to work at elevated work areas without training to enable them to recognize and abate fall hazards.
Recent events (3)
  • — F (S) $0
  • — C (S) $0
  • — Z (S) $0

1926.501 B14

Deleted Serious Gravity 10 1 instance 1 exposed
Issued
Abate by
Penalty
Initial $2800.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced
29 CFR 1926.501(b)(14): Each employee working on, at, above, or near wall openings (including those with chutes attached), where the outside bottom edge of the wall opening was 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels and the inside bottom edge of the wall opening is less than 39 inches (1.0 M) above the walking/working surface, were not protected from falling by the use of a guardrail system, a safety net system, or a personal fall arrest system:  a) Construction Site; On or about September 26, 2013 and at times prior, employees were exposed to a fall hazard of 12 feet while working at the second story window while guiding trusses.
Recent events (3)
  • — F (S) $0
  • — C (S) $2800
  • — Z (S) $2800

1926.1052 C01

Serious Gravity 5 1 instance 2 exposed
Issued
Abate by
Penalty
Initial $1600.00 · Current $800.00 Reduced
29 CFR 1926.1052(c)(1): Stairways having four or more risers or rising more than 30 inches (76 cm), whichever is less, were not equipped with at least one handrail and one stairrail system along each unprotected side or edge:      a) Construction Site; On or about September 26, 2013 and at times prior, employees were exposed to a fall hazard of 6 feet while using stairs with no handrails.
Recent events (3)
  • — F (S) $800
  • — C (S) $1600
  • — Z (S) $1600

1926.1052 C06

Serious Gravity 5 1 instance 2 exposed
Issued
Abate by
Penalty
Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00
29 CFR 1926.1052(c)(6): The height of handrails was less than 30 inches (76 cm) from the upper surface of the handrail to the surface of the tread, in line with the face of the riser at the forward edge of the tread:      a) Construction Site; On or about September 26, 2013 and at times prior, employees were exposed to a fall hazard of 6 feet while using stairs with inadequate handrails.
Recent events (3)
  • — F (S) $0
  • — C (S) $0
  • — Z (S) $0

1926.1053 B13

Deleted Serious Gravity 10 1 instance 2 exposed
Issued
Abate by
Penalty
Initial $2800.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced
29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(13): The top or top step of a stepladder was used as a step:    a) Construction Site; On or about September 26, 2013 and at times prior, employees were exposed to a fall hazard of 18 feet while using the 6 foot self supporting ladder to climb onto the top plate.
Recent events (3)
  • — F (S) $0
  • — C (S) $2800
  • — Z (S) $2800

1926.1060 A

Other-than-serious 1 instance 2 exposed
Issued
Abate by
Penalty
Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00
29 CFR 1926.1060(a): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee using ladders and stairways, as necessary, which would train each employee in the procedures to be followed to minimize hazards related to ladders and stairways:    a) Construction Site; On or about September 26, 2013 and at times prior, the employer did not provide ladder training to employees using ladders to climb to elevated work areas.
Recent events (3)
  • — F (O) $0
  • — C (S) $0
  • — Z (S) $0

1926.1417 W

Deleted Serious Gravity 10 1 instance 3 exposed
Issued
Abate by
Penalty
Initial $2800.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced
29 CFR 1926.1417(w): The employer did not use a tag or restraint line when necessary to prevent rotation of the load that would be hazardous:  a) Construction Site; On or about September 26, 2013 and at times prior, employees were exposed to struck by, pinch/crush and fall hazards when trusses were lifted without a tag line.
Recent events (3)
  • — F (S) $0
  • — C (S) $2800
  • — Z (S) $2800

1926.1430 B

Deleted Serious Gravity 10 1 instance 3 exposed
Issued
Abate by
Penalty
Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00
29 CFR 1926.1430(b): The employer did not train each employee who will be assigned to work as a signal persons:    a) Construction Site; On or about September 26, 2013 and at times prior, untrained employees were used as signal persons during truss lifting operations.
Recent events (3)
  • — F (S) $0
  • — C (S) $0
  • — Z (S) $0

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