SIMPSON CONSTRUCTION COMPANY INC
HIGHWAY 75 BRIDGE ACROSS HOLSTON RIVER, BLOUNTVILLE, TN 37660 · NAICS 237310 Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction
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Inspection records
Jun 11, 2010#314648239Jun 11, 2010Planned (H) · Complete scope, Safety#314648239$3,2002 viol.2 violations$3,200 in penalties
Inspection #314648239
Dates
- Opened
- Jun 11, 2010
- Closing Conference Date
- Jun 11, 2010
- Closed
- Oct 18, 2010
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 14
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 2
- Violation Types
- 1 serious, 1 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $4,800
- Penalties on Record
- $3,200
- Site Address
- Highway 75 Bridge Across Holston River, Blountville, TN 37660
- Industry
- 237310 Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction
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 (2 of 2 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 1926.502 Fall Protection Systems Criteria and Practices OSHA citation code: 19260502 B01 | Serious | 1 | 2 | $3,200 | $3,200 | Sep 25, 2010 | - | - |
| 01002 | 1926.701 Concrete and Masonry Construction - General Requirements OSHA citation code: 19260701 B | Other | 1 | 2 | $1,600 | $0 | Sep 25, 2010 | - | - |
Aug 19, 2009#313662660Aug 19, 2009FatalityAccident (A) · Partial scope, SafetyFatality#313662660$20,5506 viol.6 violations$20,550 in penalties
Inspection #313662660
Dates
- Opened
- Aug 19, 2009
- Closing Conference Date
- Aug 20, 2009
- Closed
- Jan 13, 2010
Inspection
- Advance Notice
- No
- Owner Type
- Private
- Union Status
- No
- Number of Employees
- 8
- Related Activity
- 1 accident
Violations and Penalties
- Total Violations
- 6
- Violation Types
- 5 serious, 1 other-than-serious
- Initial Penalties
- $29,400
- Penalties on Record
- $20,550
- Site Address
- Highway 75 Bridge Across Holston River, Blountville, TN 37660
- Industry
- 237310 Highway, Street, and Bridge Construction
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.
One worker dies and two are injured in structure collapse
Violations
Violation list (6 of 6 shown)
| Citation | Standard | Type | Instances | Exposed | Initial | Current | Abatement | Contest | Final Order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 01001 | 1926.20 General Safety and Health Provisions OSHA citation code: 19260020 B02 | Serious | 1 | 4 | $7,000 | $5,250 | Nov 23, 2009 | - | - |
| 01002 | 1926.21 Safety Training and Education OSHA citation code: 19260021 B02 | Serious | 1 | 4 | $7,000 | $5,250 | Nov 23, 2009 | - | - |
| 01003 | 1926.502 Fall Protection Systems Criteria and Practices OSHA citation code: 19260502 B09 | Other | 1 | 4 | $2,800 | $600 | Nov 23, 2009 | - | - |
| 01004 | 1926.703 Concrete and Masonry - Cast-in-Place Concrete OSHA citation code: 19260703 D01 | Serious | 1 | 4 | $7,000 | $5,250 | Nov 23, 2009 | - | - |
| 01005 | 1926.1053 Ladders (Construction) OSHA citation code: 19261053 B15 | Serious | 1 | 4 | $2,800 | $2,100 | Nov 23, 2009 | - | - |
| 01006 | 1926.1053 Ladders (Construction) OSHA citation code: 19261053 B16 | Serious | 1 | 4 | $2,800 | $2,100 | Nov 23, 2009 | - | - |
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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, 2009 to 2010. Each row is one inspection; point at or tap a row for its dates and totals.
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Standards cited
Industry comparison
Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction, 70,290 employers with OSHA inspections. Arithmetic from DOL records.
BLS 2024 survey: highway, street, and bridge construction reported 2.5 injuries and illnesses per 100 full-time workers (total recordable cases, national, private industry; relative standard error 5.2%; NAICS 2373 level). This is an industry-wide average from a federal survey, not a measurement of this establishment. Source