OSHA Inspection: BUSWELL BUILDERS, INC.

Issued

2012-06-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-06-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $700.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1):     Portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface and  the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (0.9 m) above the upper landing surface to which the ladder was used to gain access:    Employees were exposed to a fall hazard of approximately 11 feet to the ground below when using a ladder to access the roof and the side rails did not extend at least 3 feet above the landing surface.

Issued

2012-06-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-06-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1060(a):     The employer did not provide a training program for each employee using ladders and stairways, as necessary, which would enable each employee to recognize hazards related to ladders and stairways and train each employee in the procedures to be followed to minimize these hazards:    The employer did not provide a training program for each employee using ladders that would have enabled them to recognize the hazards and provided them with the procedures to follow to minimize these hazards.

Issued

2012-06-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-06-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1960.00 Reduced

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 other provisions of paragraph (b) of this section used to provide an alternative fall protection measure:    Employees were exposed to a fall hazard of up to approximately 11 feet while installing roofing material and no fall protection was being used.

Issued

2012-06-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-06-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1):     The employer did not provide a training program for each employee who might be exposed to fall hazards which enables each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and train each employee in the procedures to be followed in order to minimize the hazards:    Employees installing roofing material were exposed to a fall hazard approximately 11 feet to the ground below and the employees were not provided training which would have enabled them to recognize the hazards of falling and provided them with the procedures to follow to minimize the hazards.

Issued

2012-06-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-06-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(1):     The employer did not initiate and maintain accident prevention programs as necessary to comply with this part:    Employees were exposed to a fall hazard while installing roofing material and the employer did not initiate and maintain an accident prevention program.

Issued

2012-06-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-06-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(2):     The employer did not provide frequent and regular inspections of the job site, materials, and equipment by a competent person:    Employees were exposed to a fall hazard while installing roofing material and a competent person had not performed frequent and regular safety inspections of the construction site to identify and eliminate the hazards.

Issued

2012-06-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-06-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1400.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1):     Each platform on all working levels was not fully planked or decked between the front uprights and the guardrail supports:    Employees were exposed to a fall hazard while working from a frame scaffold installing roofing material and accessing the roof and the frame scaffold was not fully planked between the uprights or guardrails.

Issued

2012-06-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-06-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a):     The employer did not have each employee who performed work while on a scaffold trained by a person qualified in the subject matter to recognize the hazards associated with the type of scaffold being used and to understand the procedures to control or minimize those hazards:    Employees working from a frame scaffold installing roofing material and accessing the roof. The employees were not protected from falling because the platform was not fully planked and the employer had not provided training to the employees on the hazards associated with working off of the scaffolding and procedures to minimize those hazards.

Issued

2012-06-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-06-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2):     The supported poles, legs, posts, frames and uprights did not bear on base plates and mud sills or other adequate firm foundation.    Employees were exposed to a fall hazard while working from a frame scaffold installing roofing material and accessing the roof and the frame scaffold did not contain the necessary base plates and mud sills.

Issued

2012-06-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-06-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(b):     The employer did not have each employee who is involved in erecting, disassembling, moving, operation, repairing, maintaining, or inspecting a scaffold trained by a competent person to recognize any hazards associated with the work in question:    Employees working from a frame scaffold installing roofing material and accessing the roof. The employees were not protected from falling because mud sills were not installed and the employer had not provided training to the employee on the nature of the scaffold hazards and the design criteria and the intended use of the scaffold.

Issued

2012-06-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-06-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1):     Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet above a lower level was not protected from falling:    a. Employees working from a frame scaffold installing roofing material and accessing the roof were exposed to a fall hazard of approximately 10.5 feet and the employees were not protected from falling because there was no top rail and mid rail.    b. Employees were exposed to a fall hazard of approximately 15 feet when working from a scaffold platform which was supported by a Caterpillar TH 460B forklift and the platform did not have a top rail and mid rail on all the sides.

Issued

2012-06-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-06-28 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(7):     Scaffolds were not erected, moved, dismantled, or altered only under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection, moving, dismantling or alteration:    Employees were working from a frame scaffold mobile which was not erected or supervised under the direction of someone acting in the capacity of a competent person before employees were allowed to access the scaffold.