OSHA Inspection: PHILLIP NEWELL CONSTRUCTION, INC.

Issued

2011-11-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2011-12-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1530.00 · Current $765.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(2): The employer did not initiate and maintain a safety program which provides for frequent and regular inspections of jobsites, materials, and equipment to be made by a competent person (i.e., a person who is capable of identifying existing and predictable hazards in the surroundings or working conditions which are unsanitary, hazardous, or dangerous to employees, and who has the authority to take prompt corrective measures to eliminate them):    (a) Phillip Newell Construction, Inc. @ 333 N. 1st Street, Grand Junction, CO 81501:  On and before June 2nd, 2011 the controlling employer did not ensure a safety program was developed and implemented for the work environment to include regular inspections of the job-site, materials, and equipment; conducted by a competent person. Subcontractor employees on-site were permitted to work in areas where fall hazards existed. The condition exposed employees to fall hazards of approx feet and 12 feet.    Abatement Note: OSHA defines a "competent" person as one who is capable of identifying existing and predictable hazards in the surroundings or working conditions which are unsanitary, hazardous, or dangerous to employees, and who has authorization to take prompt corrective measures to eliminate them.

Issued

2011-11-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2011-12-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1530.00 · Current $1530.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1):  Each platform on all working levels of scaffolds were not fully planked or decked between the front uprights and the guardrail supports:    (a) Phillip Newell Construction, Inc. @ 333 N. 1st Street, Grand Junction, C0 81501:  On and before June 2nd, 2011, the controlling employer did not ensure the working platform on the fabricated frame scaffold was fully planked in that the employee was working off one scaffold plank and was not fully planked at the level the employee was installing lathe and stucco. This condition exposed the employee to a fall of approximately 12 feet.

Issued

2011-11-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2011-12-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1530.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1):  Each employee on a scaffold 10 feet above a lower level was not protected from falling to the lower level:    (a)  Phillip Newell Construction, Inc. @ 333 N 1st Street, Grand Junction, CO 81501:  On and before June 2nd, 2011, the controlling employer did not ensure that subcontractor employees were protected from a fall from elevation, in that guardrails or other suitable fall protection were not properly installed on the working platform of the scaffolding. The scaffold system erected to conduct lathe and stucco installation was utilizing a crossbrace to prevent falls to the exterior of the system. This condition exposed a subcontractor employee to fall of approximately 12 feet.

Issued

2011-11-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2011-12-21 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3600.00 · Current $3600.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(1):  Each employee on a walking/working surface having an unprotected side or edge which was six feet (1.8m) or more above a lower level was not protected from falling by the use of a guardrail system, a safety net system, or personal fall arrest system.    (a) Phillips Newell Construction, Inc. @ 333 N. 1st Street, Grand Junction, CO 81501:  On and before June 2, 2011 the controlling employer did not ensure each employee on a walking/working surface having an unprotected side or edge which was six feet (1.8m) or more above a lower level was protected from falling by the use of a guardrail system, a safety net system, or personal fall arrest system in that subcontractor employees were engaged in lathe and stucco installation on the roof of a commercial building without fall protection. This condition exposed the employee to a fall hazard of approximately 12 feet.    Phillips Newell Construction, Inc. was previously cited for a violation of the same or substantially similar condition of this Occupational Safety and Health Standard 29 CFR 1926.501(b)(1) which was contained in OSHA Inspection Number 314662727, Citation Number 1, Item 1 issued on February 8th, 2011, and became Final Order on March 1st, 2010, with respect to Mesa State Girls Softball Facility, Grand Junction, CO 81501.