OSHA Inspection: ZEISLER CONSTRUCTION, LLC

Issued

2025-08-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-09-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1277.00 · Current $639.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): The employer did not ensure that each affected employee used appropriate eye or face protection when exposed to eye or face hazards from flying particles:  (a)Zeisler Construction, LLC at 4805 Papillon Drive, Rapid City, SD 57703: On or about and at times prior to July 22, 2025, the employer did not ensure that each employee that was installing roof trusses on a residential property with the use of a pneumatic nail gun was protected from flying particles by the use of appropriate eye protection.  This condition exposed employees to struck-by hazards.

Issued

2025-08-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-09-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3972.00 · Current $1986.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13): Employees engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels were not protected by guardrail systems, safety net system, or personal fall arrest system, nor were employees provided with an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501 (b):   (a)Zeisler Construction, LLC at 4805 Papillon Drive, Rapid City, SD 57703: On or about and at times prior to July 22, 2025,  the employer did not ensure that employees were protected from falls while conducting framing and roof truss installation operations on a residential structure. This condition exposed the employees to fall hazards greater than six feet.

Issued

2025-08-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-09-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3972.00 · Current $1986.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1053(b)(1):Where portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface and the ladder's length allows, the ladders side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface being accessed:  (a)Zeisler Construction, LLC at 4805 Papillon Drive, Rapid City, SD 57703: On or about and at times prior to July 22, 2025, the employer did not ensure that the Louisville 8-foot Fiberglass A-frame step ladder, Model Number FS1508, that the employees were using was extended at least three feet above the upper landing surface of the framed wall top plates of a single-family residential building.  This condition exposed employees to fall hazards greater than six feet.

Issued

2025-08-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-09-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.1053(b)(13):The top or top step of a stepladder was used as a step:  (a)Zeisler Construction, LLC at 4805 Papillon Drive, Rapid City, SD 57703: On or about and at times prior to July 22, 2025, the employer did not ensure that the Louisville 8-foot Fiberglass A-frame step ladder, Model Number FS1508, the employees were using to access the upper landing surface of the top plates and roof trusses of a residential building was installed and used correctly in that employees were permitted to stand on the top or top step of the stepladder. This condition exposed employees to fall hazards greater than six feet.

Issued

2025-08-28 00:00:00

Abate by

2025-09-30 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $426.00 · Current $213.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1904.41(a)(2): The employer did not file the annual electronic submission of OSHA Form 300A Summary of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses by establishments with 20 or more employees but fewer than 250 employees in designated industries. If your establishment had 20 or more employees but fewer than 250 employees at any time during the previous calendar year, and your establishment is classified in an industry listed in appendix A to subpart E of this part, then you must electronically submit information from OSHA Form 300A Summary of Work-Related Injuries and Illnesses to OSHA or OSHA's designee. You must submit the information once a year, no later than the date listed in paragraph (c) of this section of the year after the calendar year covered by the form:  (a)Zeisler Construction, LLC at 4805 Papillon Drive, Rapid City, SD 57703: On or about and at times prior to July 22, 2025, the employer failed to electronically submit information from their OSHA Form 300A or equivalent for calendar year 2024. The establishment employed 22 employees and is classified as industry NAICS code 238130 during the calendar year 2024.