OSHA Inspection: MIDWEST GENERAL CONTRACTORS, LLC

Issued

Apr 17, 2026

Abate by

May 13, 2026

Penalty

Initial $2,128 · Current $1,277 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.1200(e)(1): The employer did not develop, implement, and/or maintain at the workplace a written hazard communication program which describes how the criteria specified in 29 CFR 1910.1200(f), (g), and (h) will be met:  At the jobsite located at 607 N 1st St. Atchison, Kansas,  employees are exposed to chemical hazards. Employees engaged in roofing activities were exposed to dermal, ingestion, and inhalation hazards from exposure to gasoline and diesel. The employer had not developed and implemented a hazard  communication program.

Issued

Apr 17, 2026

Abate by

May 13, 2026

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.1200(h)(1): Employees were not provided effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment and whenever a new hazard that the employees had not been previously trained about was introduced into their work area:  At the jobsite located at 607 N 1st St. Atchison, Kansas, employees were exposed to chemical hazards. Employees engaged in roofing activities were exposed to dermal, ingestion, and inhalation hazards from exposure to hazardous chemicals without being provided with information and training on how to recognize, avoid and/or eliminate the hazards associated with the gasoline and diesel.

Issued

Apr 17, 2026

Abate by

May 13, 2026

Penalty

Initial $2,128 · Current $1,277 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1910.1200(g)(1):  Employers did not have a safety data sheet in the workplace for each hazardous chemical which they use  At the jobsite located at 607 N 1st  St. Atchison, Kansas, employees were exposed to dermal, ingestion, and inhalation hazards from exposure to hazardous chemicals. The employer did not have safety data sheets for the gasoline that employees use to fill the compressor used at the jobsite.

Issued

Apr 17, 2026

Abate by

May 13, 2026

Penalty

Initial $3,547 · Current $2,128 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, molten metal, liquid chemicals, acids or caustic liquids, chemical gases or vapors, or potentially injurious light radiation.  At the temporary job site located at 607 N 1st St. Atchison, Kansas, employees engaged in residential roofing activities were exposed to struck-by hazards while using a pneumatic nail gun in that eye protection was not provided or utilized.

Issued

Apr 17, 2026

Abate by

May 13, 2026

Penalty

Initial $4,965 · Current $2,979 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR  1926.501(b)(13): Each employee(s) 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 employee(s) provided with an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501 (b): (a)    At the temporary jobsite located at 607 N 1st St. Atchison, Kansas, employees engaged in residential roofing activities were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 15 feet 2 inches from the eave of the roof to the ground below in that fall protection was not utilized.