OSHA Inspection: GUATE CONSTRUCTION, INC

Issued

2012-07-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-07-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1200.00 · Current $1000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(2): Eye and face protection equipment required by this Part did not meet the requirements specified in American National Standards Institute, Z87.1-1968, Practice for Occupational and Educational Eye and Face Protection:    a) Residential jobsite: On June 1, 2012 an employee using a pneumatic nail gun to perform framing activities did not wear protective eyewear.        Note) Abatement certification IS required for this item.

Issued

2012-07-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2400.00 · Current $1000.00 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) Garage and main structure: On June 1, 2012 and at times prior thereto, employees were exposed to 10 foot fall hazards while performing framing activities on the exterior top plates with out a fall protection system in place.     b)  Garage area: On June 1, 2012 and at times prior thereto, an employee was exposed to a 10 foot fall hazard while performing sheathing activities on a 5 in 12 pitched roof with out a fall protection system in place.    c) Second floor level:  On June 1, 2012 and at times prior thereto, an employee performing framing activities near an unprotected window opening was exposed to a 12 foot fall hazard.      d) Second floor level:  On June 1, 2012 and at times prior thereto, all employees performing framing activities on the second floor were exposed to a 9 foot fall hazard at an open sided floor at the top of the stairway opening.       Note) Abatement certification is NOT required for these items.

Issued

2012-07-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-08-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(a)(2)(iii): The employer did not assure that each employee had been trained, as necessary, by a competent person qualified in the use and operation of guardrail systems, personal fall arrest systems, safety net systems, warning line systems, safety monitoring systems, controlled access zones, and other protection to be used:     a) Outside the structure: : On June 1, 2012 and at times prior thereto, employees did not acknowledge the hazard of performing framing activities on the top plate and on the sheathed roof without a fall protection system in place, and take appropriate actions to minimize the hazard.       b) Throughout the inside of the structure: On June 1, 2012 and at times prior thereto, employees did not recognize and acknowledge the hazards of open sided floors and unprotected window openings, and take appropriate actions to minimize these hazards.      Note) Abatement certification IS required for this item.

Issued

2012-07-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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) Inside the structure: On June 1, 2012 and at times prior thereto, the split level stairway did not have a hand rail in place where there were four or more risers.      Note) Abatement certification is NOT required for this item.