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DOUG MORFORTON CONSTRUCTION
$5,700
penalties
3
viol.
1
insp.

DOUG MORFORTON CONSTRUCTION

VICINITY OF 1100 MADISON LANE, SIDNEY, MT 59270NAICS 236116 New Multifamily Housing Construction (except For-Sale Builders)

Inspections
1
Oct 2011 to Oct 2011 · 1 safety, 0 health
Violations
3
across 1 inspection
Penalties on record
$5,700
latest amounts in DOL records
By classification
Serious 1Willful 0Repeat 0Other 2

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Inspection records

Oct 21, 2011FatalityFatality/Catastrophe (M) · Complete scope, Safety#331080218$5,7003 viol.

Inspection #331080218

Dates

Opened
Oct 21, 2011
Closing Conference Date
Oct 24, 2011
Contested
Apr 4, 2012
Final Order
Mar 1, 2013
Closed
Sep 5, 2017

Inspection

Advance Notice
No
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
No
Number of Employees
2
Related Activity
1 accident

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
3
Violation Types
1 serious, 2 other-than-serious
Initial Penalties
$11,400
Penalties on Record
$5,700
Site Address
Vicinity Of 1100 Madison Lane, Sidney, MT 59270
Industry
236116 New Multifamily Housing Construction (except For-Sale Builders)

Fatality/Catastrophe Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a fatality/catastrophe inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data.

Incident Investigation Summaries

Incident investigation summaries linked to this inspection through OSHA's accident and injury enforcement data. These summaries describe the reported incident. The enforcement outcome for the linked inspection is in the inspection details above.

FatalitySep 24, 2011

Employee falls from roof and is killed

Event: Fall (From Elevation)

Violations

Violation list (3 of 3 shown)
CitationStandardTypeInstancesExposedInitialCurrentAbatementContestFinal Order
010015A0001
General Duty Clause, Section 5(a)(1)
Serious11$4,200$2,100Mar 16, 2012Apr 4, 2012Mar 1, 2013
010021926.501
Fall Protection - Duty to Have Fall Protection
OSHA citation code: 19260501 B13
Other11$4,200$2,100Mar 16, 2012Apr 4, 2012Mar 1, 2013
020011904.39
Reporting Fatalities, Hospitalizations, Amputations, and Losses of an Eye
OSHA citation code: 19040039 A
Other11$3,000$1,500Apr 4, 2012Mar 1, 2013
Inspections 1 to 1 of 1, newest first

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About these records

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This page displays public OSHA enforcement data. Status text follows the DOL inspection record first and may include citation-level context when the inspection feed and citation records are out of sync. Penalty amounts shown reflect the latest penalty amounts on record in the DOL database and may differ from initial assessments or final amounts. This is not an official OSHA resource.

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OSHA may publish multiple citation rows in the same inspection with the same standard and penalty fields. Separate rows can still differ in OSHA metadata such as citation identifier, recorded instance count, exposed workers, or gravity value. Contest and Final Order columns show citation-level dates from OSHA's enforcement record. A dash means OSHA's record does not currently show that activity for the citation.

Source: U.S. Department of Labor OSHA incident investigation data (`osha_accident` + `osha_accident_injury`). Linked via `rel_insp_nr` to the inspection activity number (exact government key). Injury, body part, source and event values are OSHA's own codes. OSHA states that these fields are not coded according to the requirements under the Occupational Injury and Illness Classification System (OIICS). Only the values present in the OSHA record are listed; an incident with no value that resolves in OSHA's code table shows "Injury details not recorded". Where a record covers several people, each field lists every value recorded across them.

Understanding These Penalties

The maximum penalty for a serious violation in 2025 is $16,550 per violation. For willful violations, the range is $11,823 to $165,514. The current penalty column shows the latest amount on record in OSHA's database for each citation. When the current penalty differs from the initial penalty, OSHA's records show that the amount changed during the enforcement process, but this page does not determine the specific reason for each change. Penalty amounts are set by OSHA and adjusted annually for inflation.

Standards cited

1904.39Reporting Fatalities, Hospitalizations, Amputations, and Losses of an Eye1 citation · $1,500
1926.501Fall Protection - Duty to Have Fall Protection1 citation · $2,100
5A0001General Duty Clause, Section 5(a)(1)1 citation · $2,100

Industry comparison

Violations per inspection
This employer3.0
Industry average1.5
Penalties per inspection
This employer$5,700
Industry average$1,285

Construction of Buildings, 202,579 employers with OSHA inspections. Arithmetic from DOL records.

BLS 2024 survey: residential building construction reported 2.5 injuries and illnesses per 100 full-time workers (total recordable cases, national, private industry; relative standard error 8.5%; NAICS 2361 level). This is an industry-wide average from a federal survey, not a measurement of this establishment. Source

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