OSHA Inspection: PROFESSIONAL CONTRACTING SERVICES, INC.

Issued

Jul 12, 2012

Abate by

Jul 19, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,900 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 other provisions of paragraph (b) of this section used to provide an alternative fall protection measure:    Employees were exposed to a fall hazard of up to approximately 12 feet while installing trusses and no fall protection was being used.

Issued

Jul 12, 2012

Abate by

Jul 19, 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 who might be exposed to fall hazards which enables each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and train each employee in the procedures to be followed in order to minimize the hazards:    Employees were exposed to a fall hazard approximately 17 feet and the employees were not provided training which would have enabled them to recognize the hazards of falling and provided them with the procedures to follow to minimize the hazards.

Issued

Jul 12, 2012

Abate by

Jul 19, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,900 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1):     Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet above a lower level was not protected from falling:    Employees were exposed to a fall hazard of approximately 10.7 feet because the frame scaffold did not have a mid rail and top rail.

Issued

Jul 12, 2012

Abate by

Jul 19, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(7):     Scaffolds were not erected, moved, dismantled, or altered only under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection, moving, dismantling or alteration:    Employees were working from a frame scaffold which was not erected or supervised under the direction of a competent person. The scaffold did not contain base plates or mud sills, a top rail and mid rail, and was not fully planked.

Issued

Jul 12, 2012

Abate by

Jul 19, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1):     Each platform on all working levels was not fully planked or decked between the front uprights and the guardrail supports:    Employees were exposed to a fall hazard while working from a frame scaffold because the scaffold was not fully planked between the uprights or guardrails on the working level.

Issued

Jul 12, 2012

Abate by

Jul 19, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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:    Employees were working from a frame scaffold and the employer had not provided training to the employees on the hazards associated with working off of the scaffolding and procedures to minimize those hazards.

Issued

Jul 12, 2012

Abate by

Jul 19, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2):     Supported scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames, and uprights shall bear on base plates and mud sills or other adequate firm foundation.    Employees were working from a frame scaffold and the scaffold did not have the necessary base plates and mud sills on the frames of the scaffold.

Issued

Jul 12, 2012

Abate by

Jul 19, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(b)(1):     The employer did not verify compliance with paragraph (a) of this section by preparing a written certification record containing the name or other identity of the employee trained, the date(s) of the training, and the signature of the person who conducted the training or the signature of the employee:    The employer did not maintain evidence of the required training for each employee who might be exposed to fall hazards.  There was no written documentation that included the employees name, date of the training, and the signature of the person who conducted the training or the signature of the employee.