CINCINNATI, OH —
OSHA Inspection: PERFORMANCE CONTRACTING INC
Referral inspection · Safety discipline
At a glance
On , OSHA opened a referral safety inspection of PERFORMANCE CONTRACTING INC in 525 ELM ST, CINCINNATI, OH 45202 (NAICS 236210). OSHA activity number 348500182.
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Where did this inspection happen?
- Establishment
- PERFORMANCE CONTRACTING INC
- Site address
- 525 ELM ST
- City
- CINCINNATI
- State
- OH
- ZIP
- 45202
- Mailing
- 3512 SPRING GROVE AVENUE, CINCINNATI, OH 45223
What kind of inspection was it?
- Inspection type
- Referral (C)
- Scope
- Partial (B)
- 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
- 236210
- Employees
- 55
- Ownership type
- A
Citations
2 citations on file for this inspection.
1926.454 B
- Issued
- Feb 24, 2026
- Abate by
- Jul 27, 2026
- Penalty
- Initial $16,550 · Current $8,000 Reduced
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.454(b): The employer shall have each employee who is involved in erecting, disassembling, moving, operating, repairing, maintaining, or inspecting a scaffold trained by a competent person to recognize any hazards associated with the work in question. The training shall include the following topics, as applicable: (1) The nature of scaffold hazards; (2)The correct procedures for erecting, disassembling, moving, operating, repairing, inspecting, and maintaining the type of scaffold in question; a) On or about September 11, 2025, at the Cincinnati Duke Energy Convention Center rehabilitation construction project, the employer failed to ensure employees were trained to recognize struck?by hazards associated with working in close proximity to other mobile elevated work platforms, including an 86?foot JLG aerial lift, model 860SJ, and a JLG scissor lift, model 1932R. Employees working in area "E," south side first floor, middle of the building, lacked the training necessary to identify and avoid struck?by hazards created by adjacent equipment operating within the same work area. As a result, employees were exposed to struck?by hazards.
Recent events (3)
- — F (O) $8000
- — C (S) $16550
- — Z (S) $16550
1926.21 B02
- Issued
- Feb 24, 2026
- Abate by
- Mar 30, 2026
- Penalty
- Initial $0 · Current $0
General-duty citation text
29 CFR 1926.21(b)(2): The employer shall instruct each employee in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions and the regulations applicable to his work environment to control or eliminate any hazards or other exposure to illness or injury. a.) On or about September 11, 2025, at the Cincinnati Duke Energy Convention Center rehabilitation construction project, the employer failed to instruct employees in the recognition and avoidance of struck?by hazards associated with working in close proximity to mobile elevated work platforms, including an 86?foot JLG aerial lift, model 860SJ, and a JLG scissor lift, model 1932R. Employees working in area "E," south side first floor, middle of the building did not receive instruction necessary to identify hazardous proximity to adjacent lift operations or to recognize unsafe conditions created when multiple lifts operated within the same work area. As a result, employees were exposed to struck?by hazards.
Recent events (3)
- — F (S) $0
- — C (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). The original IMIS detail view is available at OSHA's Establishment Search for activity number 348500182.
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