ELKHORN, NE —
OSHA Inspection: GARCIA CONSTRUCTION, INC.
Planned inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a planned safety inspection of GARCIA CONSTRUCTION, INC. in 3915 S. 210TH CIR, ELKHORN, NE 68022 (NAICS 238130). OSHA activity number 346509052.
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employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.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
- GARCIA CONSTRUCTION, INC.
- Site address
- 3915 S. 210TH CIR
- City
- ELKHORN
- State
- NE
- ZIP
- 68022
- Mailing
- 2014 LIBERTY LANE, PAPILLION, NE 68133
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
- Last modified
- Data loaded
Establishment context
- NAICS code
- 238130
- Employees
- 8
- Ownership type
- A
Citations
6 citations on file for this inspection.
1926.102 A01
- Issued
- Apr 21, 2023
- Abate by
- May 17, 2023
- Penalty
- Initial $2,947 · Current $0 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): The employer shall ensure that each affected employee uses appropriate eye or face protection when exposed to eye or face hazards from flying particles, molten metal, liquid chemicals, acids or caustic liquids, chemical gases or vapors, or potentially injurious light radiation. The employer was failing to protect employee(s) from eye injuries. This was most recently documented on or about February 15, 2023, at 3915 S. 210th Cir. Elkhorn, Nebraska. The employer failed to ensure that employee(s) were not exposed to eye hazards while using a pneumatic nail gun and a circular saw during framing operations.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $0
- — Z (S) $2947
1926.451 G01
- Issued
- Apr 21, 2023
- Abate by
- May 17, 2023
- Penalty
- Initial $5,156 · Current $0 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above a lower level shall be protected from falling to that lower level. The employer was failing to protect employee(s) from fall Injuries. This was most recently documented on or about February 15, 2023, at 3915 S. 210th Cir. Elkhorn, Nebraska. The employer failed to ensure that employee(s) were not exposed to fall hazards while conducting framing operations with a mobile scaffold over 11 feet above the ground without fall protection.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $0
- — Z (S) $5156
1926.451 G04 I
- Issued
- Apr 21, 2023
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.451(g)(4)(i): Guardrail systems shall be installed along all open sides and ends of platforms. Guardrail systems shall be installed before the scaffold is released for use by employees other than erection/dismantling crews. The employer was failing to protect employee(s) from fall injuries. This was most recently documented on or about February 15, 2023, at 3915 S. 210th Cir. Elkhorn, Nebraska. The employer failed to assure that all guardrails were to be installed along the open sides and ends of the mobile scaffold released to be used to prevent fall hazards.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $0
- — Z (S) $0
1926.1052 C01 II
- Issued
- Apr 21, 2023
- Penalty
- Initial $2,947 · Current $0 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.1052(c)(1)(ii):Stairways having four or more risers or rising more than 30 inches (76 cm), whichever is less, were not equipped with a stair rail system along each unprotected side or edge. The employer was failing to protect employee(s) from fall injuries. This was most frequently documented on or about February 15, 2023, at 3915 S. 210th Cir. Elkhorn, Nebraska. The employer failed to ensure that employee(s) were not exposed to fall hazards in a stairway with 8 risers that did not have a stair rail along the unprotected side.
Recent events (2)
- — I (S) $0
- — Z (S) $2947
1926.451 C02 V
- Issued
- Apr 21, 2023
- Penalty
- Initial $18,417 · Current $14,500 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2)(v):Fork-lifts shall not be used to support scaffold platforms unless the entire platform is attached to the fork and the fork-lift is not moved horizontally while the platform is occupied. The employer is failing to protect employee(s) from fall injuries. This was most recently documented on February 15, 2023, at 3915 S. 210th Cir. Elkhorn, Nebraska. The employer failed to ensure that employee(s) were not exposed to fall hazards while working from a platform not directly attached or secured to a power industrial truck. Garcia Construction, Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2)(v), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1621484, citation number 2, item number 1 and was affirmed as a final order on October 3, 2022, with respect to a workplace located at 18515 Wirt Circle, Elkhorn, Nebraska. Garcia Construction, Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2)(v), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1308046, citation number 1, item number 1 and was affirmed as a final order on January 9, 2019, with respect to a workplace located at 18321 Grant Street, Omaha, Nebraska 68122.
Recent events (2)
- — I (R) $14500
- — Z (R) $18417
1926.501 B13
- Issued
- Apr 21, 2023
- Penalty
- Initial $25,781 · Current $18,500 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13):"Residential construction." Each employee engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels shall be protected by guardrail systems, safety net system, or personal fall arrest system unless another provision in paragraph (b) of this section provides for an alternative fall protection measure. The employer is failing to protect employee(s) from fall injuries. This was most recently documented on February 15, 2023, at 3915 S. 210th Cir. Elkhorn, Nebraska. The employer failed to protect employee(s) from fall hazards during framing operations at a heights greater than 11 feet. Garcia Construction, Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1621484, citation number 2, item number 2 and was affirmed as a final order on October 12, 2022, with respect to a workplace located at 18515 Wirt Circle, Elkhorn, Nebraska. Garcia Construction, Inc. was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 1308046, citation number 2, item number 2 and was affirmed as a final order on January 9, 2019, with respect to a workplace located at 18321 Grant Street, Omaha, Nebraska 68122.
Recent events (2)
- — I (R) $18500
- — Z (R) $25781
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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 346509052.
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