OSHA Inspection: AUSTRAL SIDING AND WINDOWS

Issued

Aug 17, 2012

Abate by

Sep 17, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $240 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(1): The employer did not initiate and maintain accident prevention programs as necessary to comply with this part:    At the job site employee(s) engaged in siding installation at a residential house were exposed to physical injuries due to no safety and health programs being developed and implemented to address the steps necessary to eliminate or reduce construction hazards such as working with power tools, ladder safety, falls, electrical safety, and etc.

Issued

Aug 17, 2012

Abate by

Sep 17, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $240 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.21(b)(2): The employer did not instruct each employee in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe condition(s) and the regulation(s) applicable to his work environment to control or eliminate any hazard(s) or other exposure to illness or injury:    At the job site employee(s) had not received training to avoid unsafe conditions such as electrical safety, fall protection systems, scaffolding, and etc.  The employee(s) at the job site were not trained over the OSHA regulations that apply to their construction work or how to eliminate work job site hazards.

Issued

Aug 17, 2012

Abate by

Sep 10, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $560 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.416(a)(1): Employees were permitted to work in proximity to electric power circuits and were not protected against electric shock by de-energizing and grounding the circuits or effectively guarding the circuits by insulation or other means:    At the job site employee(s) had placed a blue nylon strap between the strain relief connector on the north side of the house and the weather head of the power line service entrance conduit were exposed to electrical hazards due to the power lines not being de-energized or effectively guarded against inadvertent contact.

Issued

Aug 17, 2012

Abate by

Sep 10, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $560 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level:    Employee(s) working off a ladder jack pick on the north side of a residential house were exposed to a fall hazard of approximately 18 feet due to no fall protection system being used.