TEMPLE, TX ·
OSHA Inspection: SMETANA & ASSOCIATES CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
Programmed Related inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a programmed Related safety inspection of SMETANA & ASSOCIATES CONSTRUCTION COMPANY in 6415 SOUTH GENERAL BRUCE DRIVE, TEMPLE, TX 76502 (NAICS 237110). OSHA activity number 345405351.
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employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.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
- SMETANA & ASSOCIATES CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
- Site address
- 6415 SOUTH GENERAL BRUCE DRIVE
- City
- TEMPLE
- State
- TX
- ZIP
- 76502
- Mailing
- P.O. BOX 794, TEMPLE, TX 76503
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
- 237110
- Employees
- 2
- Ownership type
- Private (A)
Citations
1 citation on file for this inspection.
5(a)(1)
- Issued
- Sep 8, 2021
- Penalty
- Initial $4,915 · Current $2,949 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR OSH ACT of 1970 Section (5)(a)(1): The employer did not furnish employment and a place of employment which were free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm to employees while standing in an elevated bucket of a backhoe loader, cutting tree limbs. On July 8, 2021, an employee was standing inside the bucket of a Caterpillar Backhoe Loader, 416D, that was elevated at the time, cutting tree limbs with a hand-held manual trimming tool, exposing the employee to the hazard of falling approximately 12 feet to the ground below.
Recent events (2)
- · I (S) $2949
- · Z (S) $4915
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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 345405351.
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