OSHA Inspection: GREEN CRAFT CONSTRUCTION, INC.

Issued

Aug 7, 2012

Abate by

Aug 10, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,400 · Current $1,440 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):    a)  At 24886 Planters Dr Daphne, Alabama:  On or about August 1, 2012 and at times prior;  the employer exposed his employees to fall hazards of 9.4 feet while installing sheathing on a high pitch roof with no fall protection in place.     b)  At 24886 Planters Dr Daphne, Alabama:  On or about August 1, 2012 and at times prior;  the employer exposed his employees to fall hazards of 10.1 by not providing fall protection at the stairwell opening on the second floor.

Issued

Aug 7, 2012

Abate by

Aug 14, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,400 · Current $1,440 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:    a)  At 24886 Planters Dr Daphne, Alabama:  On or about August 1, 2012 and at times prior; the employer failed to ensure his employees were trained on fall hazards to include but not limited to the nature of fall hazards in the work area, the use and operation of guardrails, personal fall arrest systems and safety nets, and the correct procedures for erecting, maintaining and inspecting fall protection systems.

Issued

Aug 7, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,360 · Current $816 Reduced

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)  At 24886 Planters Dr Daphne, Alabama:  On or about August 1, 2012 and at times prior; the employer exposed his employees to fall hazards by not ensuring a portable ladder used to gain access to the roof extended three feet above the landing area exposing employees to falls of 9.9 feet to the ground below.