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BLACK RIVER BUILDERS LLC
$18,320
penalties
7
viol.
2
insp.

BLACK RIVER BUILDERS LLC

200 MAPLE ST NW, SPARTA, MI 49345NAICS 238120 Structural Steel and Precast Concrete Contractors

Inspections
2
Jul 2012 to Jul 2012 · 2 safety, 0 health
Violations
7
across 2 inspections
Penalties on record
$18,320
latest amounts in DOL records
By classification
Serious 5Willful 1Repeat 1Other 0

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Inspection records

Jul 2, 2012Planned (H) · Partial scope, Safety#316133537$3203 viol.

Inspection #316133537

Dates

Opened
Jul 2, 2012
Closing Conference Date
Aug 10, 2012
Closed
Oct 29, 2012

Inspection

Advance Notice
No
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
No
Number of Employees
10

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
3
Violation Types
2 serious, 1 repeat
Initial Penalties
$4,800
Penalties on Record
$320
Site Address
200 Maple St Nw, Sparta, MI 49345
Industry
238120 Structural Steel and Precast Concrete Contractors

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 (3 of 3 shown)
CitationStandardTypeInstancesExposedInitialCurrentAbatementContestFinal Order
010014084172511Serious35$400$160Oct 3, 2012--
010024084193202Serious11$400$160Oct 3, 2012--
020014084264501Repeat13$4,000$0Oct 3, 2012--
Jul 2, 2012Final Order RecordedFatalityAccident (A) · Partial scope, Safety#316133503$18,0004 viol.

Inspection #316133503

Dates

Opened
Jul 2, 2012
Closing Conference Date
Aug 10, 2012
Contested
Dec 10, 2012
Final Order
Apr 10, 2017
Closed
No close date in inspection feed

Inspection

Advance Notice
No
Owner Type
Private
Union Status
No
Number of Employees
10
Related Activity
1 accident

Violations and Penalties

Total Violations
4
Violation Types
3 serious, 1 willful
Initial Penalties
$36,400
Penalties on Record
$18,000
Site Address
200 Maple St Nw, Sparta, MI 49345
Industry
238120 Structural Steel and Precast Concrete Contractors

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.

OSHA's inspection feed still shows no close date for this record. However, the citation records tied to this inspection show contest activity beginning on Dec 10, 2012 and final orders recorded through Apr 10, 2017.

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.

FatalityJul 2, 2012

Employee falls from roof and is killed

Injury: OtherBody part: HeadSource: OtherEvent: Fall (From Elevation)

Violations

Violation list (4 of 4 shown)
CitationStandardTypeInstancesExposedInitialCurrentAbatementContestFinal Order
010014084011402
OSHA citation code: 4084011402 D
Serious28$2,800$1,200Oct 3, 2012Dec 10, 2012Apr 10, 2017
010024084203101Serious18$2,800$1,400Oct 3, 2012Dec 10, 2012Apr 10, 2017
010034084203109Serious13$2,800$1,400Oct 3, 2012Dec 10, 2012Apr 10, 2017
020014084.2032Willful38$28,000$14,000Oct 3, 2012Dec 10, 2012Apr 10, 2017
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About these records

A company page groups inspections with the same normalized employer name, city and state; it is not a legal-entity identifier (how pages are grouped).

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.

OSHA's public enforcement data does not publish a "guilty" or "not guilty" field for inspections. The closest outcome fields available are the citation counts, penalty amounts, contest dates, final-order dates, and the inspection close date shown on this page. How to interpret these status fields. How initial and current penalties are recorded.

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

40840114021 citation · $1,200
40841725111 citation · $160
40841932021 citation · $160

Industry comparison

Violations per inspection
This employer3.5
Industry average2.1
Penalties per inspection
This employer$9,160
Industry average$2,540

Specialty Trade Contractors, 559,382 employers with OSHA inspections. Arithmetic from DOL records.

BLS 2024 survey: structural steel and precast concrete contractors reported 2.8 injuries and illnesses per 100 full-time workers (total recordable cases, national, private industry; relative standard error 13.9%; NAICS 23812 level). This is an industry-wide average from a federal survey, not a measurement of this establishment. Source

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