OSHA Inspection: GS IRON WORKS, INC

Issued

Aug 3, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,020 · Current $1,020

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.21(b)(2): The employer shall instruct each employee in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions and the regulations applicable to his work environment to control or eliminate any hazards or other exposure to illness or injury:    On or about 6/19/2012, Job Site    a) The employees were not provided safety and health training as required by the standard.

Issued

Aug 3, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $1,200

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.404(b)(1)(i): General. The employer shall use either ground fault circuit interrupters as specified in paragraph (b)(1)(ii) of this section or an assured equipment grounding conductor program as specified in paragraph (b)(1)(iii) of this section to protect employees on construction sites. These requirements are in addition to any other requirements for equipment grounding conductors:    On or about 6/19/2012, 2nd Floor    a) The employee was using electrical tools. He was not using a ground fault circuit interrupter.

Issued

Aug 3, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $1,200

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.405(b)(1): Conductors entering boxes, cabinets, or fittings. Conductors entering boxes, cabinets, or fittings shall be protected from abrasion, and openings through which conductors enter shall be effectively closed. Unused openings in cabinets, boxes, and fittings shall also be effectively closed:    On or about 6/19/2012, 2nd Floor    a) The employee used the outlet box to energize his tool. The punch outs were missing.

Issued

Aug 3, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,400 · Current $2,400

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1): Each platform on all working levels of scaffolds shall be fully planked or decked between the front uprights and the guardrail supports as follows:    On or about 6/19/2012, South Side of the Building    a) The employee worked from one aluminum plank on the scaffold. The scaffold was not fully planked.

Issued

Aug 3, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $1,200

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1): When scaffold platforms are more than 2 feet (0.6 m) above or below a point of access, portable ladders, hook-on ladders, attachable ladders, stair towers (scaffold stairways/towers), stairway-type ladders (such as ladder stands), ramps, walkways, integral prefabricated scaffold access, or direct access from another scaffold, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface shall be used. Crossbraces shall not be used as a means of access:    On or about 6/19/2012, South Side    a) The employee climbed on the scaffold frame to gain access to the scaffold platform.

Issued

Aug 3, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,800

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above a lower level shall be protected from falling to that lower level. Paragraphs (g)(1)(i) through (vii) of this section establish the types of fall protection to be provided to the employees on each type of scaffold. Paragraph (g)(2) of this section addresses fall protection for scaffold erectors and dismantlers.    Note to paragraph (g)(1): The fall protection requirements for employees installing suspension scaffold support systems on floors, roofs, and other elevated surfaces are set forth in subpart M of this part:    On or about 6/19/2012, South Side    a) The employee worked from the tubular welded frame scaffold approximately 18' high and was not protected by a guardrail system.

Issued

Aug 3, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $1,200

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.701(b): Reinforcing steel. All protruding reinforcing steel, onto and into which employees could fall, shall be guarded to eliminate the hazard of impalement:      On or about 6/19/2012, 2nd Floor    a) There were rebars that were not capped, exposing the employee to an impalement hazard.

Issued

Aug 3, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.403(g): Marking. Electrical equipment shall not be used unless the manufacturer's name, trademark, or other descriptive marking by which the organization responsible for the product may be identified is placed on the equipment and unless other markings are provided giving voltage, current, wattage, or other ratings as necessary. The marking shall be of sufficient durability to withstand the environment involved:    On or about 6/19/2012, 2nd Floor    a) The wrench used to secure the bolts was not labeled.