OSHA Inspection: MB FRAMING

Issued

Aug 4, 2011

Abate by

Aug 25, 2011

Penalty

Initial $2,550 · Current $1,530 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13):  Each employee engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8m) or more above lower levels were not protected by guardrail systems, safety net system, personal fall arrest system, or other approved alternative fall protection system:    (a)  MB Framing at Broadway St & Poplar Ave, Boulder, CO 80304:  On and before April 29, 2011, the exposing employer did not ensure that employees were protected from injury, in that six employees erecting exterior walls on top of the 2nd level of a three-story townhome complex were not utilizing a fall protection system. Employees worked near the edge during this process, in addition to working at the edge while performing other framing work. This condition exposed employees to a fall hazard of approximately 21 feet to the ground below.    (b)  MB Framing at Broadway St & Poplar Ave, Boulder, CO 80304:  On and before April 29, 2011, the exposing employer did not ensure that employees were protected from injury, in that two employees were not utilizing a fall protection system while working at the unprotected edge on top of the 2nd level. The employees were unloading framing material from a rough terrain forklift at this location. This condition exposed the employees to a fall hazard of approximately 21 feet to the ground below.