OSHA Inspection: CHESTERFIELD MAINTENANCE LLC

Issued

May 31, 2012

Abate by

Jun 21, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,400 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13):     Each employee engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet or more above lower levels was not protected by guardrail systems, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems, nor  did the employer demonstrate that it is infeasible or creates a greater hazard to use these systems and develop and implement a fall protection plan which meets the requirements of paragraph (k) of section 1926.502:    Two workers were exposed to fall hazards as they replaced the bad wood and performed touch-up painting during the balcony banister replacement project at Baxter Crossings, 975 Westmeade Drive, Chesterfield, MO, 63005:    a)  One worker was exposed to an approximate 20.4 foot fall hazard while working from the roof to access the third floor balcony railings of the 16607-16629 apartment building.    b)  Two workers were exposed to an approximate 10.3 foot fall hazard while working from second floor balconies to replace bad wood and touch-up paint prior to the new banister installation.

Issued

May 31, 2012

Abate by

Jun 21, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1):     The employer did not provide a training program for each employee potentially exposed to fall hazards to enable each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards:    The employer's training program did not enable each employee to recognize the hazards of falling at Baxter Crossings, 975 Westmeade Drive, Chesterfield, MO, 63005 and did not train each employee in the procedures to be followed in order to minimize the hazards of falling.

Issued

May 31, 2012

Abate by

Jun 21, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

1926.1053(b)(8):  Ladders placed in a location where they could be displaced by workplace activities or traffic, such as in passageways, doorways, or driveway, were not secured to prevent accidental displacement, nor was a barricade used to keep the activities or traffic away from the ladder:    a)  A ladder was set in front of a passageway and the ladder was not secured to prevent accidental displacement.    b)  A ladder was set in front of a passageway and the ladder was not barricaded to keep pedestrian traffic away from ladder.

Issued

May 31, 2012

Abate by

Jun 21, 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:    The employer's training program did not enable each employee to recognize the hazards of using extension ladders at Baxter Crossings, 975 Westmeade Drive, Chesterfield, MO, 63005 and did not train each employee in the procedures to be followed in order to minimize the hazards of using extension ladders at Baxter Crossings, 975 Westmeade Drive, Chesterfield, MO, 63005.