STOW, OH ·
OSHA Inspection: SMB BUILDERS, LLC
Planned inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a planned safety inspection of SMB BUILDERS, LLC in 4249 KENT ROAD, STOW, OH 44224 (NAICS 238140). OSHA activity number 348130816.
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employer broke any rule; any findings appear as the citations listed below, and citations can be contested, reduced, or withdrawn.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
- SMB BUILDERS, LLC
- Site address
- 4249 KENT ROAD
- City
- STOW
- State
- OH
- ZIP
- 44224
- Mailing
- 459 MORGAN AVENUE, AKRON, OH 44311
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Planned (H)
- 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
- 238140
- Employees
- 9
- Ownership type
- Private (A)
Citations
2 citations on file for this inspection.
1926.451 E01
- Issued
- Apr 17, 2025
- Penalty
- Initial $2,128 · Current $0 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1):When scaffold platforms are 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 another scaffold, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface shall be used. Crossbraces shall not be used as a means of access. On or about March 25, 2025, during the installation of concrete block masonry for the construction of a nursing home building located at The Avenue of Stow worksite, 4249 Kent Road, Stow, Ohio, the employer failed to ensure employees working on a fabricated frame type scaffold with platforms more than 2 feet above or below a point of access (platform) were provided with a portable ladder, attachable ladder, or other safe means to access or egress between scaffold platforms. The second level (uppermost) scaffold platforms were approximately 6 feet, 10 inches above the first level scaffold platform. The outrigger platform was located approximately 3 feet above the first level scaffold platform.
Recent events (2)
- · I (O) $0
- · Z (S) $2128
1926.451 G01
- Issued
- Apr 17, 2025
- Penalty
- Initial $3,547 · Current $1,787 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. Paragraphs (g)(1)(i) through (vii) of this section establish the types of fall protection to be provided to the employees on each type of scaffold. Paragraph (g)(2) of this section addresses fall protection for scaffold erectors and dismantlers. On or about March 25, 2025, during the installation of concrete block masonry for the construction of a nursing home building located at The Avenue of Stow worksite, 4249 Kent Road, Stow, Ohio, the employer failed to ensure employees working on the second level platforms and outrigger platforms of a fabricated frame type scaffold at a height of approximately 13 feet, 11 inches above a the ground, were protected from falling to the ground by a guardrail or other fall protection system.
Recent events (2)
- · I (O) $1787
- · Z (S) $3547
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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 348130816.
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