OSHA Inspection: DANKER RIDGE WOODWORKS, LLC.

Issued

2012-08-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1200.00 · Current $600.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.95(a):     Protective equipment, including personal protective equipment for eyes, face, head, and extremities, protective clothing, respiratory devices, and protective shields and barriers, was not provided, used, and maintained in a sanitary and reliable condition wherever it was necessary by reason of hazards of processes or environment, chemical hazards, radiological hazards, or mechanical irritants encountered in a manner capable of causing injury or impairment in the function of any part of the body through absorption, inhalation or physical contact:    (a) Second Story Floor, Front of the Building - on or about July 3, 2012 - an employee was using a pneumatic framing nail gun without wearing any eye protection, such as safety glasses with side shields or goggles.

Issued

2012-08-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1360.00 · Current $680.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(7):     Scaffolds were not erected, moved, dismantled, or altered, by trained and experienced employees under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection, moving, dismantling or alteration.  Such activities were not performed only by experienced and trained employees selected for such work by the competent person:    (a) Front of Building - on or about July 3, 2012 - an employee was installing framing lumber, working from a field-fabricated carpenters' bracket scaffold at a seven foot, 10 inch elevation form the ground that was not designed and erected by a scaffold competent person.

Issued

2012-08-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(2):     Scaffold platforms and walkways were not at least 18 inches wide:    (a) Front of Building - on or about July 3, 2012 - an employee was installing framing lumber, working from a field-fabricated carpenters' bracket scaffold at a seven foot, 10 inch elevation form the ground that was not equipped with a proper scaffold deck.

Issued

2012-08-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(d)(2):     Suspension scaffold outrigger beams were not made of structural metal or equivalent strength material:    (a) Front of Building - on or about July 3, 2012 - an employee was installing framing lumber to the front of the building at a seven foot, 10 inch elevation, working from a field-fabricated carpenters' bracket scaffold platform that was not resting on proper support outrigger beams capable of carrying the intended load.

Issued

2012-08-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1):     When scaffold platforms were 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 other scaffold, sturcure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used.  Crossbraces were used as a means of access:    (a) Front of Building - on or about July 3, 2012 - an employee was installing framing lumber, working from a field-fabricated carpenters' bracket scaffold that was not provided with a proper means of egress.

Issued

2012-08-09 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-08-14 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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) Front of Building - on or about July 3, 2012 - the employer did not provide scaffold training to the employee that was installing framing lumber, working from a field-fabricated carpenters' bracket scaffold.  Training would include proper set-up and egress to this system.  Scaffold deck to the ground elevation was approximately seven feet, 10 inches.

Issued

2012-08-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1700.00 · Current $850.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2)(v):     The employer used forklifts  to support scaffold platforms without ensuring that the entire platform was attached to the fork and that the forklift was not moved horizontally while the platform was occupied:    (a) Front of Building - on or about July , 2012 - the Star Industries Work Platform was not secured to the forks of the Caterpillar TH360B Rough Terrain Material Handling Lift.  Elevation of the platform to the ground was approximately 15 feet.

Issued

2012-08-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1700.00 · Current $850.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(vii):     Each employee on a scaffold, not otherwise specified in paragraphs (g)(1)(i) through (g)(1)(vi) of this section, more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above lower level was not protected from falls by the use of personal fall arrest systems or guardrail systems meeting the requirements of paragraph (g)(4) of this section:    (a) Front of Building - on or about July , 2012 - the Star Industries Work Platform was not provided with a full guardrail system.  Elevation of the platform to the ground was approximately 15 feet.

Issued

2012-08-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1700.00 · Current $850.00 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 employee(s) provided with an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph (b).  Note:  If using these systems was infeasible or created a greater hazard, the employer should develop and implement a fall protection plan meeting the requirements of paragraph (k) of 1926.502:    (a) Front of Building, Second Story Floor - on or about July 3, 2012 - employees were exposed to a 14 foot, three inch fall hazard while installing framing lumber, working around the unguarded window openings.    (b) Front of Building, Awning Roof - on or about July 3, 2102 - an employee was exposed to a 10 foot fall hazard from the roof to the ground while installing framing lumber without any fall protection.  Roof pitch was 4 on 12.

Issued

2012-08-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1360.00 · Current $670.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(13):     The top or top step of a stepladder was used as a step:    (a) Front of Building - on or about July 3, 2012 - an employee was using the top non-step of an eight-foot step ladder as a step.