OSHA Inspection: HOPERSBERGER CONSTRUCTION

Issued

Jul 13, 2012

Abate by

Jul 20, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $900 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, were not protected by protective helmets:  a) Scranton, PA worksite: A worker exposed to a head injury from the potential for falling material and equipment was not protected by a protective helmet, on or about July 11, 2012.  ABATMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED

Issued

Jul 13, 2012

Abate by

Jul 20, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,500 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) Scranton, PA worksite: Two workers on a temporary elevated platform attached to a Sky Trak Telehandler that was not equipped with fall protection were exposed to a fall hazard of approximately 11 feet, on or about July 11, 2012.  ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED

Issued

Jul 13, 2012

Abate by

Aug 24, 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:  a) Scranton, PA worksite: The employer did not have each employee who performed work while on a Sky Trak Telehandler trained in the hazards associated with working on a temporary elevated platform, on or about July 11, 2012.  ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED