OSHA Inspection: GREAT WHITE CONSTRUCTION, INC.

Issued

Jun 4, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $600 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): Eye and face protective equipment were not used when machines or operations presented potential eye or face injury from physical, chemical, or radiation agents:      a.  On or about May 23, 2012, on a 4:12 pitch roof, an employee using a pneumatic nail gun did not have eye protection, exposing himslef to being struck by nail gun material.

Issued

Jun 4, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $600 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:    a. On or about May 23, 2012, on a 4:12 pitch residential roof, employees engaged in residential roofing were not protected by a fall protective system, exposing themselves to an 8-foot fall hazard.

Issued

Jun 4, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $600 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): Where portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface and the ladders length allows, the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface being accessed:    a.  On or about May 23, 2012, the aluminum 24-foot extension ladder used to access the roof did not extend at least 3-foot above the upper landing surface, exposing employees to an 8-foot fall hazard.