OSHA Inspection: F.G.O.G., INC.

Issued

Jun 15, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.95(a):     Protective equipment, including personal protective equipment for eyes, face, head, and extremities, protective clothing, respiratory devices, and protective shields and barriers, was not provided, used, and maintained in a sanitary and reliable condition wherever it was necessary by reason of hazards of processes or environment, chemical hazards, radiological hazards, or mechanical irritants encountered in a manner capable of causing injury or impairment in the function of any part of the body through absorption, inhalation or physical contact:    a)  Throughout Site:  Worker did not use eye protection when using sledge hammer and center punch, on or about 5/7/2012.

Issued

Jun 15, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.404(f)(6):     The path to ground from circuits, equipment, or enclosures was not permanent and continuous:    a)  Temporary Electric Service Cabinet Location:  The ground conductor for the electric arc welder was twisted to the cabinet box.  It was not permanetly attached to the grounding bar within the electric cabinet, on or about 5/7/2012.

Issued

Jun 15, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.416(a)(1):     Employees were permitted to work in proximity to electric power circuits and were not protected against electric shock by de-energizing and grounding the circuits or effectively guarding the circuits by insulation or other means:    a)  Temporary Electric Service Panel Board:  Worker was exposed to electric shock hazards when removing the alligator clips of the arc welder machine from the exposed energized bus bars inside of the electric cabinet, on or about 5/7/2012.

Issued

Jun 15, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1)(i):     Each platform unit (e.g., scaffold plank, fabricated plank, fabricated deck, or fabricated platform) was not installed so that the space between adjacent units and the space between the platform and the uprights were no more than 1 inch (2.5 cm) wide, except where the employer can demonstrate that a wider space is necessary.    a)  Scaffold area:  The frame scaffold platform was not fully planked or decked.  There was only two planks used between the uprights, on or about 5/7/2012.

Issued

Jun 15, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2):     Supported scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames, and uprights did not bear on base plates and mud sills or other adequate firm foundation:    a)  Scaffold Area:  The frame scaffols did not have base plates, on or about 5/7/2012.

Issued

Jun 15, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1):     Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level.      a)  Scaffold Area:  Worker was not protected from falling from the approximately 13 feet high scaffold platform, on or about 5/7/2012.

Issued

Jun 15, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.701(b):     All protruding reinforcing steel, onto and/or into which employees could fall or come against, was not guarded to eliminate the hazard of impalement:    a)  Southwest Corner Area:  Vertical protruding rebar was not protected against impalement, on or about 5/7/2012.

Issued

Jun 15, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.352(d):     Suitable fire extinguishing equipment was not immediately available in the work area(s) where welding, cutting, or heating was being performed:    a)  Throughout Site:  A fire extinguisher was not at the welding location, on or about 5/7/2012.