OSHA Inspection: RANALDI BUILDERS INC.

Issued

Sep 10, 2012

Abate by

Sep 11, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $2,000

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 and scaffold collapse hazards where a competent person did not conduct frequent and regular inspections of the jobsite, materials, and equipment.

Issued

Sep 10, 2012

Abate by

Sep 11, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(a)(6): Scaffolds were not designed by a qualified person:    a. Site- Employees were exposed to scaffold collapse hazards where the employer provided non scaffold grade lumber, which was not graded by a recognized lumber grading association, to be utilized as scaffold work platforms and the spans between the platform supports were up to approximately 13 feet.

Issued

Sep 10, 2012

Abate by

Sep 11, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Employees on scaffolds more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level by fall protection established in paragraphs (g)(1)(i)-(vii) of this section:    a. Site- Employees working from carpenter bracket scaffolding were exposed to falls of up to 15 feet where fall protection was not used or provided.

Issued

Sep 10, 2012

Abate by

Sep 11, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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:    a. Site- Employees were exposed to falls of up to approximately 19 feet from unprotected roof edges, floor edges, floor holes, and window openings where fall protection was not used or provided.

Issued

Sep 10, 2012

Abate by

Sep 11, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1052(c)(1)(ii): Stairways having four or more risers or rising more than 30 inches (76 cm), whichever was less, were not equipped with one stairrail system along each unprotected side or edge:    a. Loft- Employees accessing the loft were exposed to falls of approximately 14 feet where a stairrail system was not installed along the unprotected sides of the stairway.

Issued

Sep 10, 2012

Abate by

Sep 24, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $0 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 who were exposed to fall and scaffold collapse hazards while working from carpenter bracket scaffolds were not provided with scaffold training from the employer.

Issued

Sep 10, 2012

Abate by

Sep 24, 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:    a. Site- Employees who were exposed to falls were not provided with fall protection training from the employer.