DON SMELSER ROOFING CO INC
19955 FENELON, DETROIT, MI 48234
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Feb 3, 2000#127036044Feb 3, 2000Planned (H) · Complete scope, Safety#127036044$4,5009 viol.9 violations$4,500 in penalties
Inspection #127036044
Dates
- Opened
- Feb 3, 2000
- Closing Conference Date
- Feb 7, 2000
- Closed
- Jun 5, 2000
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 13
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 9
- Violation Types
- 7 serious, 2 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $9,000
- Penalties on Record
- $4,500
- Site Address
- 19955 Fenelon, Detroit, MI 48234
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
Planned Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as a planned inspection in the DOL OSHA enforcement data. Planned inspections are part of OSHA's scheduled enforcement activity rather than being opened directly from a complaint or reported incident at that worksite.
Violations
Violation list (9 of 9 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 4080.1011 OSHA citation code: 40801011 A | Serious | 3 | 10 | $1,400 | $700 | Mar 17, 2000 | - | - |
| 01002 | 4084240206 | Serious | 1 | 10 | $800 | $400 | Mar 17, 2000 | - | - |
| 01003 | 4084240303 | Serious | 2 | 10 | $1,400 | $700 | Mar 17, 2000 | - | - |
| 01004 | 4084240503 | Serious | 6 | 1 | $600 | $300 | Mar 17, 2000 | - | - |
| 01005 | 1926.501 Fall Protection - Duty to Have Fall Protection OSHA citation code: 19260501 B10 | Serious | 2 | 12 | $1,400 | $700 | Mar 17, 2000 | - | - |
| 01006 | 1926.502 Fall Protection Systems Criteria and Practices OSHA citation code: 19260502 F04 | Serious | 10 | 1 | $2,000 | $1,000 | Mar 17, 2000 | - | - |
| 01007 | 1926.503 Fall Protection - Training Requirements OSHA citation code: 19260503 A01 | Serious | 12 | 12 | $1,400 | $700 | Mar 17, 2000 | - | - |
| 02001 | 4084187501 | Other | 6 | 10 | $0 | $0 | Mar 17, 2000 | - | - |
| 02002 | 4084187803 | Other | 1 | 10 | $0 | $0 | Mar 17, 2000 | - | - |
Sep 13, 1997#125001438Sep 13, 1997FatalityAccident (A) · Partial scope, SafetyFatality#125001438$5,7407 viol.7 violations$5,740 in penalties
Inspection #125001438
Dates
- Opened
- Sep 13, 1997
- Closing Conference Date
- Oct 16, 1997
- Contested
- Dec 22, 1997
- Closed
- Jul 22, 1999
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- Yes
- Number of Employees
- 7
- Related Activity
- 1 accident
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 7
- Violation Types
- 5 serious, 2 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $8,200
- Penalties on Record
- $5,740
- Site Address
- 3033 Bourke, Detroit, MI 48238
- Industry
- Not classified in OSHA's inspection record.
Accident Inspection: This inspection record is categorized as an accident inspection in the U.S. Department of Labor OSHA enforcement data. Employers must report work-related fatalities within 8 hours, and work-related inpatient hospitalizations, amputations, or losses of an eye within 24 hours. An accident-related inspection does not by itself determine fault.
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.
Employee killed in fall
Enforcement Outcome
Citation contest activity appears on Dec 22, 1997. Final orders are recorded through Feb 8, 1999. Penalty changes shown on this page reflect the latest amounts published in OSHA's enforcement data.
Violations
Violation list (7 of 7 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01002 | 1926.501 Fall Protection - Duty to Have Fall Protection OSHA citation code: 19260501 B04 | Serious | 4 | 7 | $1,400 | $980 | Nov 7, 1997 | Dec 22, 1997 | Feb 8, 1999 |
| 01003 | 1926.501 Fall Protection - Duty to Have Fall Protection OSHA citation code: 19260501 B10 | Serious | 1 | 7 | $1,400 | $980 | Nov 7, 1997 | Dec 22, 1997 | Feb 8, 1999 |
| 01004 | 1926.503 Fall Protection - Training Requirements OSHA citation code: 19260503 A01 | Serious | 7 | 7 | $1,400 | $980 | Nov 7, 1997 | Dec 22, 1997 | Feb 8, 1999 |
| 01005 | 4084222402 | Serious | 1 | 7 | $2,000 | $1,400 | Nov 7, 1997 | Dec 22, 1997 | Feb 8, 1999 |
| 01006 | 4084223301 | Serious | 1 | 7 | $2,000 | $1,400 | Nov 7, 1997 | Dec 22, 1997 | Feb 8, 1999 |
| 02001 | 4080106101 | Other | 1 | 7 | $0 | $0 | Nov 7, 1997 | - | - |
| 02002 | 1926.502 Fall Protection Systems Criteria and Practices OSHA citation code: 19260502 J07 I | Other | 7 | 7 | $0 | $0 | Nov 7, 1997 | - | - |
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About these records
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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.
2 inspections, 1997 to 2000. Each row is one inspection; point at or tap a row for its dates and totals.
Source: DOL OSHA enforcement data (inspections and violations), linked via activity_nr (exact government key).
Penalty changes: Amounts shown reflect what OSHA's enforcement record publishes. The reason for any change is not stated unless OSHA's record explicitly says so.