OSHA Inspection: CUSTOM WELDING DIVERSIFIED, INC.

Issued

Sep 25, 2012

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,200 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:    On the west lower roof of a building under construction located at 1631 S.E. Greendon Ave. in Port Saint Lucie, Florida:  An employee performing welding work installing deck edge angle at the edge of a walking/working surface approximately 26 ft.  8 inches above a lower level was not protected from falling to that lower level, on or about August 23, 2012.

Issued

Sep 25, 2012

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $960 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:    On site of a building under construction located at 1631 S.E. Greendon Ave.  in Port Saint Lucie, Florida:  The employer did not provide a training program for each employee exposed to potential fall hazards while performing work at the edge of a walking/working surface approximately 26 ft. 8 inches above a lower level, on or about August 23, 2012.

Issued

Sep 25, 2012

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(8):  The employer did not maintain in the workplace copies of the required safety data sheets for each hazardous chemical, and did not ensure that they were readily accessible during each work  shift to employees when they were in their work area(s):    On site of a building under construction located at 1631 S.E. Greendon Ave.  in Port Saint Lucie, Florida:  The employer did not maintain a copy of the required material safety data sheets for welding rods being used by an employee and did not ensure that were readily available during the work shift, on or about August 23, 2012.