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•    Affordable Quality and Excellence, Wauwatosa, reached a formal settlement with OSHA on March 30 to pay a $2,000 scaffolding-training citation, a $1,400 general-safety-and-health-provisions citation and 10 scaffolding citations, totaling $17,000. The company was issued the citations July 17, 2008, during a masonry job at 518 W. Cherry St., Milwaukee.
•    LK Construction, Milwaukee, must pay a $750 eye-and-face-protection citation, a $750 powered-industrial-trucks citation and a $750 scaffolding citation because the period to contest the violations has ended. The company was issued the citations Oct. 8, 2008, during a wrecking and demolition job at 19555 W. Bluemound Road, Brookfield.
•    Iverson Design Services Inc., Harrison, Ark., must pay a $750 self-propelled-work-platform citation; two ladders citations, totaling $2,100; and two stairways-and-ladders-training citations, totaling $2,100, because the period to contest the violations has ended. The company was issued the citations Oct. 24, 2008, during a framing job in Brookfield.
•    Foremost Decorating Inc., Racine, must pay a $1,500 aerial-lifts citation and a $1,500 fall-protection-training citation because the period to contest the violations has ended. The company was issued the citations Oct. 6, 2008, during a painting and wall-covering job at 1500 92nd St., Sturtevant.
•    Romero Roofing, West Bend, must pay a $450 head-protection citation, a $600 eye-and-face-protection citation, a $1,500 fall-protection citation and a $600 ladders citation because the period to contest the violations has ended. The company was issued the citations Dec. 10 during a roofing job at 5851 Packard Ave., Cudahy.
•    Roach Concrete Inc., Sullivan, must pay a $225 hazard-communication citation because the period to contest the violation has ended. The company was issued the citation May 14, 2008, during a flooring job at 540 S. First St., Milwaukee.
•    Mario Juarez Vilchis, Kenosha, must pay a $600 fall-protection citation because the period to contest the violation has ended. The company was issued the citation March 28, 2008, during a roofing job at 4790 Springbrook Road, Pleasant Prairie.
•    Laguna Carpentry Framers, Waukegan, Ill., must pay a $1,500 flammable-and-combustible-liquids citation, a $1,500 fall-protection citation and a $1,500 fall-protection-training citation because the period to contest the violations has ended. The company was issued the citations Feb. 28, 2008, during a framing job at 4906 103rd St., Pleasant Prairie.
•    Scotts Home Improvement, Racine, must pay a $750 fall-protection citation, a $750 fall-protection-training citation and a $750 ladders citation because the period to contest the violations has ended. The company was issued the citations Feb. 4, 2008, during a roofing job at 6806 84th Ave., Kenosha.
•    G.K. Anderson LLC, Milwaukee, must pay a $600 aerial-lifts citation because the period to contest the violation has ended. The company was issued the citation May 29, 2008, during a multifamily housing job at 705 S. 38th St., Milwaukee.
•    Tivo’s Roofing, Racine, must pay a $750 fall-protection citation and a $750 ladders citation because the period to contest the violations has ended. The company was issued the citations July 18, 2008, during a roofing job at 2631 Washington Ave., Racine.
•    Integrity Roofing Systems LLC, Fond du Lac, must pay a $750 fall-protection citation and a $750 fall-protection-training citation because the period to contest the violations has ended. The company was issued the citations June 11, 2008, during a roofing job at 2209 E. Kenilworth Place, Milwaukee.
•    Lopez Construction, Milwaukee, must pay a $1,500 fall-protection citation and a $1,500 ladders citation because the period to contest the violations has ended. The company was issued the citations May 29, 2008, during a roofing job in Milwaukee.
•    International Brothers Construction LLC, Milwaukee, must pay a $750 scaffolding citation because the period to contest the violation has ended. The company was issued the citation May 29, 2008, during a finishing job at 2135 S. 13th St., Milwaukee.
•    R&R Exteriors LLC, Cudahy, must pay a $750 fall-protection citation and a $750 fall-protection-training citation because the period to contest the violations has ended. The company was issued the citations June 19, 2008, during a roofing job at 3121 W. Wisconsin Ave., Milwaukee.
•    L.J. Contractors LLC, Franklin, must pay a $750 fall-protection citation, a $750 ladders citation and a $300 abatement-verification citation because the period to contest the violations has ended. The company was issued the citations July 31, 2008, and Oct. 21, 2008, during and after a roofing job in Milwaukee.
•    Ray’s Roofing & Siding, Pewaukee, must pay a $600 fall-protection citation and a $300 abatement-verification citation because the period to contest the violations has ended. The company was issued the citations July 14, 2008, and Nov. 4, 2008, during and after a roofing job in New Berlin.
•    D&M Flooring Co., Janesville, must pay a $1,500 powered-industrial-trucks citation and two scaffolding citations, totaling $3,000, because the period to contest the violations has ended. The company was issued the citations Feb. 6 during a flooring job at 40 W. Hidden Trail Ave., Elkhorn.
•    Premier Construction and Roofing LLC, Rio, must pay a $750 powered-industrial-trucks citation, a $2,000 ladders citation and a $14,000 fall-protection citation because the period to contest the violations has ended. The company was issued the citations Dec. 18 during a roofing job in Platteville.
•    Roofing Specialist LLC, Madison, must pay a $2,800 fall-protection citation, a $2,800 fall-protection-training citation and a $5,600 ladders citation because the period to contest the violations has ended. The company was issued the citations March 12 during a roofing job at 909 Spaight St., Madison.
•    Mike Olsen Trucking & Excavating Inc., Belleville, must pay a $1,050 specific-excavation-requirements citation and a $1,050 requirements-for-excavation-protective-systems citation because the period to contest the violations has ended. The company was issued the citations Sept. 11, 2008, during a water- and sewer-line job at 2701 S. Stoughton Road, Madison.
•    Lily Bay Sand and Gravel LLC, Sturgeon Bay, reached an informal settlement with OSHA on May 1 to reduce a $1,500 requirements-for-excavation-protective-systems citation to $1,050. The company was issued the citation April 21 during a water- and sewer-line job at 446 S. Oxford Ave., Sturgeon Bay.
•    Affordable Home Improvements LLC, Oconomowoc, reached an informal settlement with OSHA on May 4 to reduce a $300 scaffolding citation to $210 and a $300 scaffolding-training citation to $210. The company was issued the citations April 29 during a finishing job in Oconomowoc.
•    Surges Electric Inc., Franklin, reached an informal settlement with OSHA on May 8 to reduce a $1,500 fire-protection citation to $1,050; a $525 stairways citation to $367.50; two electrical-installation-safety-requirements citations, totaling $675, to $472.50; and three electrical-wiring-methods citations, totaling $1,050, to $735. The company was issued the citations May 5 during an electrical job at 16415 Wisconsin Ave., Brookfield.
•    Alpine Plumbing Inc., Brookfield, reached an informal settlement with OSHA on May 11 to reduce a $2,500 fire-protection citation to $1,750 and a $1,225 stairways citation to $857.50. The company was issued the citations May 5 during a plumbing, heating and air-conditioning job at 16415 Wisconsin Ave., Brookfield.
•    Highland Construction Inc., Hartford, reached an informal settlement with OSHA on May 20 to reduce a $1,500 fire-protection citation to $400, a $1,050 electrical-wiring-methods citation to $400 and a $1,050 stairways citation to $400. The company was issued the citations May 5 during a framing job at 16415 Wisconsin Ave., Brookfield.
•    Homburg Contractors Inc., Monona, reached an informal settlement with OSHA on May 20 to reduce a $2,500 requirements-for-excavation-protective-systems citation to $1,750. The company was issued the citation April 29 during an excavation job in Madison.
•    Bob Anderson Builders Inc., Waukesha, reached an informal settlement with OSHA on May 20 to reduce a $1,500 aerial-lifts citation to $800. The company was issued the citation April 29 during a framing job at 1306 W. Wisconsin Ave., Oconomowoc.
•    C.G. Enterprises Inc., South Milwaukee, reached an informal settlement with OSHA on May 21 to reduce a $1,500 mobile-crane citation to $750, a $1,500 below-the-hook-lifting-device citation to $750 and a $1,500 crawler-locomotive-and-truck-cranes citation to $0. The company and OSHA also agreed to dismiss a $1,500 crawler-locomotive-and-truck-cranes citation and a $1,500 mobile-crane citation. The company was issued the citations May 4 during a specialty-trade job at 1919 S. Marina Drive, Milwaukee.
•    Tesmer Construction Corp., Neillsville, reached an informal settlement with OSHA on May 26 to reduce a $1,000 demolition-preparatory-operations citation to $500 and a $2,000 reporting-fatalities-and-multiple-hospitalization-incidents-to-OSHA citation to $1,000. The company also agreed to pay two fall-protection citations, totaling $4,000. The company was issued the citations May 6 during a wrecking and demolition job in Galloway.
•    Quality Roofing Inc., Marshfield, reached a formal settlement with OSHA on May 27 to reduce a $5,600 safety-training-and-education citation to $3,000. The company was issued the citation Oct. 23, 2008, during a roofing job at 7800 International Drive, Wausau.
•    B&B Sheet Metal Inc., La Crosse, reached an informal settlement with OSHA on May 28 to pay a $300 electrical-wiring-design-and-protection citation and to dismiss a $600 electrical-wiring-design-and-protection citation and an $800 electrical-wiring-methods citation. The company was issued the citations May 27 during a finishing job at 175 Sumner St., La Crosse.
•    Donovan & Jorgenson Inc., New Berlin, reached an informal settlement with OSHA on May 28 to reduce a $2,500 fire-protection citation to $1,250, an $875 electrical-wiring-methods citation to $437.50 and a $1,225 stairways citation to $612.50. The company was issued the citations May 5 during a specialty-trade job at 16415 Wisconsin Ave., Brookfield.
•    City Wide Masonry Inc., De Pere, reached an informal settlement with OSHA on May 28 to reduce a $600 safety-training-and-education citation to $420 and a $1,050 eye-and-face-protection citation to $735. The company was issued the citations May 19 during a masonry job at 3405 Springs Crest Circle, Wausau.
•    Eau Claire Insulation LLC, Eau Claire, reached an informal settlement with OSHA on May 28 to reduce a $1,000 fall-protection citation to $600. The company was issued the citation May 11 during a finishing job at 110 Broadway St., Eau Claire.