B & B DRYWALL CORP.
According to U.S. Department of Labor enforcement records, B & B DRYWALL CORP. — a industry sector 00 facility located at 1139 NELSON AVENUE, ET AL, BRONX, NY 10452 — was the subject of a formal OSHA inspection that resulted in 12 citation(s) and cumulative proposed penalties of $162,500.00. The inspection case was opened on 1994-10-12.
This facility represents one of the most severe enforcement actions in the OSHA SVEP database. Willful violations combined with penalties exceeding $100,000 indicate a pattern of deliberate non-compliance that poses an imminent danger to workers.
Industry Benchmark: The total penalty of $162,500.00 is more than 135.9× the national average of $1,195.75 for facilities in the Other sector (NAICS 000000). This sector encompasses 1,316,687 inspected facilities nationwide with aggregate penalties totaling $1,574.4M.
State Context: Within NY, this facility's penalty places it at the 100th percentile among 140,736 inspected facilities. The statewide average penalty is $2,208.33.
Citation Analysis: The inspection produced 12 citations spanning 8 distinct OSHA regulatory standards. The citation breakdown includes: 3 serious — A workplace hazard that could cause death or serious physical harm exists, and the employer knew or should have known about the condition. 5 repeat — A substantially similar violation was found during a previous inspection and the original citation has become a final order. 2 willful — The employer intentionally and knowingly committed the violation, demonstrating either an intentional disregard for the requirements of the OSH Act or plain indifference to employee safety and health. 2 other-than-serious — The violation has a direct relationship to job safety and health but is unlikely to cause death or serious physical harm.
Enforcement Timeline: Citations were issued beginning December 15, 1994 with the latest abatement deadline set for April 14, 1995. Of the 12 total citations, 0 (0%) have been marked as abated in DOL records, which may indicate ongoing compliance gaps requiring further regulatory attention.
Penalty Assessment: The cumulative penalty of $162,500.00 reflects OSHA's gravity-based penalty calculation methodology, which considers the severity of potential injury, the probability of occurrence, the employer's size, good faith, and violation history. The per-citation average of $13,541.67 falls within the standard penalty range.
The enforcement record for B & B Drywall Corp. reveals a catastrophic breakdown in safety management, characterized by a blatant disregard for fall protection and electrical safety standards. The assessment of $162,500 in penalties—an exceptionally high figure for a drywall contractor in the mid-1990s—stems primarily from the presence of multiple Willful (W) and Repeat (R) violations. The dual Willful citations under 1926.500(b)(1) and (c)(1) are particularly damning; they signify that management was either consciously indifferent to or possessed plain knowledge of unguarded floor openings and open-sided floors but failed to take corrective action. For workers, this translated into an environment where a single misstep meant a high-probability fall from an elevated height, a leading cause of construction fatalities. The recurrence of these hazards, alongside repeat violations for lack of head protection (1926.100) and ground-fault protection (1926.404), indicates a systemic failure rather than isolated negligence. The high gravity ratings consistently applied to these citations underscore the immediate threat to life and limb. Legally, the Willful classification elevated the firm’s liability significantly, signaling to the industry that the employer’s safety culture was non-existent. This pattern suggests a "production over safety" mindset where basic life-saving guardrails and training protocols were bypassed to maintain pace, leaving employees exposed to preventable, high-gravity risks.