BEAUFORT, SC —
OSHA Inspection: SMALL BUSINESS GROUP, INC.
Planned inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a planned safety inspection of SMALL BUSINESS GROUP, INC. in BUILDING 626 MCAS, BEAUFORT, SC 29902 (NAICS 236220). OSHA activity number 339664112.
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employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.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
- SMALL BUSINESS GROUP, INC.
- Site address
- BUILDING 626 MCAS
- City
- BEAUFORT
- State
- SC
- ZIP
- 29902
- Mailing
- 10179 HIGHWAY 78, LADSON, SC 29456
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Planned (H)
- Scope
- Complete (A)
- Discipline
- Safety
- Advance notice
- No
- Union status
- B
When did the case open and close?
- Opened
- Closing conference
- Case closed
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 236220
- Employees
- 3
- Ownership type
- A
Citations
7 citations on file for this inspection.
1926.20 B02
- Issued
- May 8, 2014
- Abate by
- May 30, 2014
- Penalty
- Initial $3,080 · Current $1,232 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.20(b)(2): The employer did not initiate and maintain programs which provided for frequent and regular inspections of the job site, materials and equipment to be made by a competent person(s). a) Workplace: On or about April 1, 2014 at Building 626 Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, SC; Site inspections were not being performed on a frequent or regular basis by a competent person, ensuring safety and health hazards were identified and corrected in a timely manner. NOTE: A "competent person" means one who is capable of identifying existing and predictable hazards in the surroundings or working conditions which are unsanitary, hazardous, or dangerous to employees, and who has the authorization to take prompt corrective measures to eliminate them. ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION IS REQUIRED
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $1232
- — Z (S) $3080
1926.150 C01 I
- Issued
- May 8, 2014
- Penalty
- Initial $3,080 · Current $1,232 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.150(c)(1)(i): A fire extinguisher, rated not less than 2A, was not provided for each 3,000 square feet of the protected building area, or major fraction thereof: a) Worksite: There was no portable fire extinguisher available for use at the site.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $1232
- — Z (S) $3080
1926.451 C02 II
- Issued
- May 8, 2014
- Abate by
- May 30, 2014
- Penalty
- Initial $3,850 · Current $1,540 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2)(ii): Unstable objects were used to support scaffolds or platform units: a) Building 626: The tubular welded frame scaffold erected on all four sides of the building had at least 12 instances of scaffold legs on the west and south sides sitting atop unstable basing in the form of, stacks of scrap wooden boards placed atop voids. ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION IS REQUIRED
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $1540
- — Z (S) $3850
1926.452 C02
- Issued
- May 8, 2014
- Abate by
- May 30, 2014
- Penalty
- Initial $3,850 · Current $1,540 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.452(c)(2): All brace connections were not secured. a) Worksite: Tubular welded frame scaffolds erected by the employer were found to have over 15 instances of scaffold bracing that was connected to the scaffold frame with small gauge wire, instead of internal pins and locking devices. ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION IS REQUIRED.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $1540
- — Z (S) $3850
1926.502 A02
- Issued
- May 8, 2014
- Abate by
- May 14, 2014
- Penalty
- Initial $5,390 · Current $0 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.502(a)(2): The employer did not provide and install all fall protection systems required by this subpart for employee(s) and did not comply with all other pertinent requirements of this subpart before employee(s) began the work that necessitates the fall protection. a) Roof of Building 626: Several employees of a sub-contractor were working on a roof in which the warning line was not maintained.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $0
- — Z (S) $5390
1926.502 F01 III
- Issued
- May 8, 2014
- Abate by
- May 30, 2014
- Penalty
- Initial $3,850 · Current $1,540 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.502(f)(1)(iii): Points of access, material handling areas, storage areas, and/or hoisting areas were not connected to the work area by an access path formed by two warning lines: a) Southwest end of the roof of Building 626: The point of access to the roof was not equipped with two warning lines which would have run from the exit point of the ladder to the work areas. ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION IS REQUIRED
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $1540
- — Z (S) $3850
1926.1053 B01
- Issued
- May 8, 2014
- Penalty
- Initial $3,850 · Current $1,540 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): Where portable ladders were used for access to upper landing surfaces, the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface to which the ladders were used to gain access. Southwest end of the roof of Building 626: An extension ladder used to gain access to the roof of the building only extended 1 foot above the landing surface.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $1540
- — Z (S) $3850
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Source
This record is reproduced from the U.S. Department of Labor Open Data API (OSHA inspection dataset). The original IMIS detail view is available at OSHA's Establishment Search for activity number 339664112.
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