OSHA Inspection: FA CONSTRUCTION LLC

Issued

Nov 30, 2012

Abate by

Dec 6, 2012

Penalty

Initial $3,850 · Current $1,200 Reduced

General-duty citation text

Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970: The employer did not furnish employment and a place of employment which was free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm to employees in that employees were exposed to struck by and caught between hazards associated with the installation of inadequately braced prefabricated roof trusses:       a. Buildings 35 and 36- Employees were exposed to struck by and caught between hazards where prefabricated wood roof trusses were not adequately braced during installation.

Issued

Nov 30, 2012

Abate by

Dec 6, 2012

Penalty

Initial $3,850 · Current $1,400 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(2): Programs did not provide for frequent and regular inspections of the job sites, materials, and equipment to be made by competent persons designated by the employers:    a. Site- Employees were exposed to fall, slip, trip, struck by, and caught between hazards where the employer failed to provide inspections of the jobsite, materials, and equipment to be made by a competent person.    F A Construction was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard which was contained in OSHA inspection number 303850853, citation number 1, item number 1, issued on 10/24/2000, with respect to a workplace located at 4100 Block Brandt Pk, Huber Heights, OH 45438.

Issued

Nov 30, 2012

Abate by

Dec 6, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(7): Scaffolds were not erected, moved, dismantled, or altered, by trained and experienced employees under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection, moving, dismantling or alteration:; Such activities were not performed only by experienced and trained employees selected for such work by the competent person:    a. Site- Employees working from pump jack scaffolding were not adequately protected from falls where a competent person did not supervise the erection of the scaffolding and deficiencies in the guardrail systems, personal fall arrest systems, and scaffold erection were found.    F A Construction was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard which was contained in OSHA inspection number 303850853, citation number 1, item number 4, issued on 10/24/2000, with respect to a workplace located at 4100 Block Brandt Pk, Huber Heights, OH 45438.

Issued

Nov 30, 2012

Abate by

Dec 6, 2012

Penalty

Initial $3,850 · Current $1,450 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(3)(i): Verical lifelines were not fastened to a fixed safe point of anchorage, independent of the scaffold, and protected from sharp edges and abrasion:    a. Building 30- Two employees working from pump jack scaffolding were exposed to a fall of approximately 12 feet where the anchor point for their personal fall arrest systems was not adequately secured to the roof.    b. Building 89- Two employees working from pump jack scaffolding were exposed to a fall of approximately 15 feet where they were using the same anchor point for their personal fall arrest systems and the anchor point was not adequately secured to the roof.

Issued

Nov 30, 2012

Abate by

Dec 6, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(4)(i): Guardrail systems were not installed along all open sides and ends of platforms:    a. Building 30- Two employees working from pump jack scaffolding were exposed to a fall of approximately 12 feet where guardrails were not installed at the platform ends.    b. Building 89- Two employees working from pump jack scaffolding were exposed to a fall of approximately 15 feet where guardrails were not installed at the platform ends.

Issued

Nov 30, 2012

Abate by

Dec 6, 2012

Penalty

Initial $3,850 · Current $1,200 Reduced

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:    a. Site- Employees exposed to fall hazards while working from pump jack scaffolding were not provided with scaffold training from the employer.    F A Construction was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard, 1926.454(b), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 303850853, citation number 1, item number 6, issued on 11/6/2000, with respect to a workplace located at 4100 Block Brandt Pk, Huber Heights, OH 45438.

Issued

Nov 30, 2012

Abate by

Dec 6, 2012

Penalty

Initial $3,850 · Current $1,200 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1051(a): Stairway(s) or ladder(s) were not provided at all personnel points of access where there was a break in elevation of 19 inches (48 cm) or more, or no ramp, runway, sloped embankment, or personnel hoist was provided:    Building 35- Employees were exposed to falls of approximately 9 feet and 22 feet while climbing from the second floor to the top plate of the second floor exterior walls where ladders were not used or provided.

Issued

Nov 30, 2012

Abate by

Dec 6, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,310 · Current $1,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1052(c)(1)(i): Stairways having four or more risers or rising more than 30 inches (76 cm), whichever is less, were not equipped with at least one handrail:    a. Buildings 35 and 36- Employees were exposed to a trip hazard where a hand rail was not installed in the stairways used to access the second floors.

Issued

Nov 30, 2012

Abate by

Dec 6, 2012

Penalty

Initial $10,780 · Current $5,000 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 employee(s) provided with an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph (b):    Building 35- Employees were exposed to falls between approximately 9 feet and 32 feet while working from the roof trusses where fall protection was not used or provided.     F A Construction was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard which was contained in OSHA inspection number 311606925, citation number 1, item number 1, issued on 1/27/2009, with respect to a workplace located at 12315 Roachton Road, Perrysburg, OH 43551. The final order date for the citation was on 2/18/2009 after the inspection went to debt collection.    F A Construction was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard which was contained in OSHA inspection number 303850853, citation number 1, item number 7, issued on 10/24/2000, with respect to a workplace located at 4100 Block Brandt Pk, Huber Heights, OH 45438.

Issued

Nov 30, 2012

Abate by

Dec 12, 2012

Penalty

Initial $7,700 · Current $3,500 Reduced

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:    a. Site- Employees who were exposed to falls were not provided with fall protection training from the employer.    F A Construction was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard which was contained in OSHA inspection number 311606925, citation number 1, item number 2, issued on 1/27/2009, with respect to a workplace located at 12315 Roachton Road, Perrysburg, OH 43551. The final order date for the citation was on 2/18/2009 after the inspection went to debt collection.    F A Construction was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard which was contained in OSHA inspection number 303850853, citation number 1, item number 8, issued on 10/24/2000, with respect to a workplace located at 4100 Block Brandt Pk, Huber Heights, OH 45438.

Issued

Nov 30, 2012

Abate by

Dec 6, 2012

Penalty

Initial $154 · Current $50 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(j)(2): Poles were not secured to the structure by rigid triangular bracing or equivalent at the bottom, top, and other points as necessary:    a. Site- Employees were working from pump jack scaffolding where the employer failed to install triangular bracing or equivalent bracing at the bottom of the scaffold poles.    F A Construction was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard which was contained in OSHA inspection number 311685747, citation number 1, item number 2, issued on 4/17/2009, with respect to a workplace located at 1 Copper Beech Drive, Morgantown, WV 26508. The final order date for the citation was on 5/15/2009 after the inspection went to debt collection.