OSHA Inspection: FLEX BUILDERS, INC.

Issued

Jan 16, 2013

Abate by

Feb 7, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.25(a): During the course of construction, alteration, or repairs, form or scrap lumber with protruding nails was not kept clear from work areas:    (a) Construction Site: On or about July 25, 2012, and at times prior thereto, employees were exposed to impalement hazards while walking and working around lumber with vertically protruding nails.

Issued

Jan 16, 2013

Abate by

Feb 7, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,500 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) Construction Site: On or about July 25, 2012, and at times prior thereto, employees were exposed to the hazard of becoming struck by material such as, but not limited to, overhead scrap lumber and were not wearing hard hats.

Issued

Jan 16, 2013

Abate by

Feb 7, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.405(g)(2)(iii): Flexible cords were not used in continuous lengths without splice or tap:    (a) Construction Site: On or about July 25, 2012, and at times prior thereto, employees were exposed to electrical shock hazards while using a Makita power drill with a lamp cord that had been spliced.

Issued

Jan 16, 2013

Abate by

Feb 7, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,400 · Current $2,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1): Each platform on all working levels of scaffolds was not fully planked or decked between the front uprights and the guardrail supports as specified in paragraphs 1926.451(b)(1)(i)-(ii):     (a) Construction Site: On or about July 25, 2012, and at times prior thereto, employees were exposed to the hazard of falling approximately 7 feet and subsequent toppling of scaffolding that was not fully planked.

Issued

Jan 16, 2013

Abate by

Feb 7, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,400 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2): Supported scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames,  or uprights did not bear on base plates, mud sills or other adequate firm foundation:    (a) Construction Site: On or about July 25, 2012, and at times prior thereto, employees were exposed to the hazard of falling approximately 7 feet and becoming struck by toppling scaffolding that was supported by 2x4 boards that were vertically set in the soil.

Issued

Jan 16, 2013

Abate by

Feb 7, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,400 · Current $0 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:    (a) Construction Site: On or about July 25, 2012, and at times prior thereto, employees were exposed to the hazard of falling and becoming struck by a scaffolding unit erected by incompetent personnel. Some deficiencies include, but are not limited to, incomplete planking and the lack of base plates.

Issued

Jan 16, 2013

Abate by

Feb 7, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,000 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:    (a) Construction Site: On or about July 25, 2012, and at times prior thereto, employees were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 12 feet 6 inches while working from the patio / roof without fall protection.

Issued

Jan 16, 2013

Abate by

Feb 7, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.701(b): All protruding reinforcing steel, onto and/or into which employees could fall or come against, was not guarded to eliminate the hazard of impalement:    (a) Construction Site: On or about July 25, 2012, and at times prior thereto, employees were exposed to the hazard of becoming impaled as they worked above and around vertically protruding rebar.

Issued

Jan 16, 2013

Abate by

Feb 7, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $600 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1052(c)(1)(ii): Stairways having four or more risers or rising more than 30 inches (76 cm), whichever is less, were not equipped with a stairrail system along each unprotected side or edge:    (a) Construction Site: On or about July 25, 2012, and at times prior thereto, employees were exposed to falling over the side of stairways that did not have adequate stairrail systems.

Issued

Jan 16, 2013

Abate by

Feb 7, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $900 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(a)(3)(i): Rugs, cleats, and steps of portable ladders were spaced less than 10 inches (25 cm) apart, as measured along the ladder's side rails:    (a) Construction Site: On or about July 25, 2012, and at times prior thereto, employees were exposed to falling up to approximately 8 feet while using a portable wooden ladder in which the rungs were spaced approximately 9 inches apart.

Issued

Jan 16, 2013

Abate by

Feb 7, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): Portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface and the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface to which the ladder was used to gain access:    (a) Construction Site: On or about July 25, 2012, and at times prior thereto, employees were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 10 feet while using a portable wooden ladder that extended approximately 1 foot 7 inches above the upper landing.