By: Chris Thompson//January 3, 2014//
OSHA reports
• DPJ Construction Inc., Trevor, must pay a $6,160 fall-protection citation and a $3,520 ladders citation because the period to contest the violations with a Wisconsin OSHA office has ended. The company was issued the citations Nov. 1 during a roofing job at 1113 S. 18th St., Manitowoc.
• Pitz Construction Co. LLC, Valders, reached an informal settlement with OSHA on Dec. 9 to reduce a $1,700 fall-protection citation to $850. The company was issued the citation Nov. 13 during a residential remodeling job at 3727 Custer St., Manitowoc.
• High Performance LLC, Spring Grove, Ill., reached an informal settlement with OSHA on Dec. 17 to dismiss a $2,400 fall-protection-training citation and to reduce a $2,400 fall-protection citation to $1,200. The company was issued the citations Nov. 21 during a single-family housing job in Whitewater.
• Manthei-Payne Roofing LLC, Janesville, reached an informal settlement with OSHA on Dec. 19 to reduce a $2,000 fall-protection citation to $1,000. The company was issued the citation Dec. 6 during a single-family housing job at 815 S. Washington St., Janesville.
• Holtger Brothers Inc., De Pere, reached a formal settlement with OSHA on Dec. 26 to reduce a $4,500 requirements-for-excavation-protective-systems citation to $2,250. The company was issued the citation Aug. 9 during a power- and communication-line job in Eau Claire.
• M&M Steel Erectors LLC, Monroe Center, Ill., reached an informal settlement with OSHA on Dec. 26 to reduce a $1,200 respiratory-protection citation to $600, a $1,200 hazard-communication citation to $600 and a $2,000 lead citation to $1,000. The company was issued the citations Dec. 13 during a structural steel and precast concrete job at 11500 W. Burleigh St., Milwaukee.
• American Roofing & Home Improvement LLC, Big Bend, reached an informal settlement with OSHA on Dec. 26 to reduce a $1,600 general-safety-and-health-provisions citation to $816, a $4,800 fall-protection citation to $2,448, a $3,200 fall-protection-training citation to $1,632 and a $3,200 ladders citation to $1,632. The company was issued the citations Dec. 11 during a roofing job at 11055 N. Sutton Ridge Drive, Mequon.
• Construction Management Associates Inc., Kenosha, reached an informal settlement with OSHA on Dec. 31 to reduce a $1,200 means-of-egress citation to $840 and a $1,200 fire-protection citation to $840. The company was issued the citations Nov. 22 during a commercial and institutional building job at 307 E. Main St., Twin Lakes.
• Arcon Inc., Neosho, reached an informal settlement with OSHA on Jan. 3 to reduce a $1,600 fall-protection citation to $1,120. The company was issued the citation Dec. 10 during a residential remodeling job in Fond du Lac.