OSHA Inspection: G&G CONCRETE CORP.

Issued

Sep 12, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,600 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(1):  Each employee on a walking/working surface with an unprotected side or edge which was 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above a lower level was not protected from falling by the use of guardrail systems, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems.      Jobsite:  The employees, finishing concrete, were not protected from fall hazards by the use guardrails, safety nets or personal fall arrest systems.

Issued

Sep 12, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,100 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.502(d)(1):  Personal fall arrest system connectors were not drop forged, pressed or formed steel, or made of equivalent materials:    Jobsite:  The carabiners without eye that the employee used as part of a personal fall arrest system was made of aluminum and not dropped forged.

Issued

Sep 12, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.502(d)(3):   Snap hooks, used as part of a personel fall protection system, did not have a minimum tensil strength of 5000 pounds    Jobsite: The carabiners without eye that the employee used as part of a personal fall arrest system was not rated with a minimum tensile strength of 5000 pounds.

Issued

Sep 12, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.502(d)(6)(v):   A snaphook not of the locking type was engaged (i) directly to webbing, rope or wire rope; (ii) to each other (iii) to a Dee-ring to which another snaphook or other connector is attached;(iv) to a horizontal lifeline; or (v) to any objectwhich is incompatibly shaped or dimensioned in relation to the snaphook such that unintentional disengagement could occur by the connected object being able to depress the snaphook keeper and release itself.    Jobsite: The non-locking carabiners without eye that the employee used as part of a personal fall arrest system was engaged directly to the rope that was use as the lifeline.

Issued

Sep 12, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,100 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.502(d)(9):  Lanyards and/or vertical lifelines did not have a minimum breaking strength of 5,000 pounds (22.2 kN):    Jobsite: The lifelines that were used by employees as a part of a fall protection system did not have a minimum breaking strength of 5000 pounds.

Issued

Sep 12, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.502(d)(11):  Lifelines were not protected against being cut or abraded:    Jobsite: The lifelines that were used by employees as a part of a fall protection system were not protected from cuts or abrasions.

Issued

Sep 12, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,100 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.502(d)(15):  Anchorage points used for attachment of personal fall arrest equipment were not  independent of any anchorage point being used to support or suspend platforms and capable of supporting at least 5,000 pounds (22.2 kN) per employee.    Jobsite: The single anchorage point that was used to attach the employees personal fall arrest system was not rated to support at least 5000 pounds per employee.

Issued

Sep 12, 2012

Abate by

Sep 19, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,100 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:    Jobsite:  The employees who was exposed fall hazards of up to 51 feet above the ground while working on balconies was not trained in fall hazards and the procedures to be followed to minimize such hazards.