KING OF PRUSSIA, PA ·
OSHA Inspection: BUILDING SYSTEMS OF AMERICA, INC
Programmed Related inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a programmed Related safety inspection of BUILDING SYSTEMS OF AMERICA, INC in VILLAGE AT VALLEY FORGE, KING OF PRUSSIA, PA 19406 (NAICS 238190). OSHA activity number 341325439.
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employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.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
- BUILDING SYSTEMS OF AMERICA, INC
- Site address
- VILLAGE AT VALLEY FORGE
- City
- KING OF PRUSSIA
- State
- PA
- ZIP
- 19406
- Mailing
- 10 PEOPLES DR., NEWARK, DE 19702
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Programmed Related (I)
- 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
- 238190
- Employees
- 7
- Ownership type
- Private (A)
Citations
2 citations on file for this inspection.
1926.451 E01
- Issued
- Apr 29, 2016
- Penalty
- Initial $2,380 · Current $1,785 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1): When scaffold platforms were more than 2 feet (0.6 m) above or below a point of access, portable ladders, hook-on ladders, attachable ladders, stair towers (scaffold stairways/towers), stairway-type ladders (such as ladder stands), ramps, walkways, integral prefabricated scaffold access, or direct access from other scaffold, sturcure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used: a) Construction site, interior roof area of building - On or about March 7, 2016, an employee did not use the integral scaffold access, ladder, or other safe means to access the working level of a mobile scaffold, exposing the employee to serious injury in the event of a fall.
Recent events (2)
- · I (S) $1785
- · Z (S) $2380
1926.1053 B13
- Issued
- Apr 29, 2016
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(13): The top or top step of a stepladder was used as a step: a) Construction site, interior roof area of building - On or about March 7, 2016, an employee used the top step of a stepladder to access the working level of a mobile scaffold, exposing the employee to serious injury in the event of ladder displacement.
Recent events (2)
- · I (S) $0
- · Z (S) $0
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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 341325439.
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