OSHA Inspection: COLEMAN BREWSTER BUILDERS, LLC

Issued

May 9, 2012

Abate by

May 14, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $1,600

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13):     Employee(s) engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels were not protected by guardrail systems, safety net system, or personal fall arrest system, nor were employee(s) provided with an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph (b):    a)  On or about April 11, 2012 at 67825 Long Av, Montgomery, Al:  The employer failed to ensure employees popping lines on the decked second story floor of a new residential home construction were provided fall protection which exposed them to the hazards associated with falls of 13 feet 1 inch.

Issued

May 9, 2012

Abate by

May 14, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $1,200

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(13):     The top or top step of a stepladder was used as a step:    a)  On or about April 11, 2012 at 67825 Long Av, Montgomery, Al:  The employer failed to ensure an employee did not stand on the top step of a six foot stepladder while handing prints up to an employee on the second level floor which exposed him to hazards associated with falling off stepladders.

Issued

May 9, 2012

Abate by

May 14, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1060(a):     The employer did not provide a training program for each employee using ladders and stairways, that enabled each employee to recognize hazards related to ladders and stairways, and that trained each employee in the procedures to be followed to minimize those hazards:    a)  On or about April 11, 2012 at 67825 Long Av, Montgomery, Al:  The employer did not provide training on ladders to a new employee which exposed the employee to the hazards of using ladders improperly.