OSHA Inspection: BRUCE EKHOFF BUILDERS, INC.

Issued

2012-12-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1760.00 · Current $1000.00 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:    An employee was exposed to struck by hazards from falling objects while performing clean-up activities below an employee removing shingles on the roof.  The employee was not wearing a protective helmet.

Issued

2012-12-06 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-12-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $4400.00 · Current $1000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(2):     The employer did not initiate and maintain programs which provided for frequent and regular inspections of the job site, materials and equipment to be made by a competent person(s)    Employees were exposed to fall hazards and struck by hazards from falling objects and a competent person had not performed frequent and regular safety inspections of the construction site to identify and eliminate the hazards.    BRUCE EKHOFF BUILDERS, INC. WAS PREVIOUSLY CITED FOR A VIOLATION OF THIS OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARD OR ITS EQUIVALENT STANDARD 1926.20(B)(2), WHICH WAS CONTAINED IN OSHA INSPECTION NUMBER 312888753, CITATION NUMBER 1, ITEM NUMBER 1B AND WAS AFFIRMED AS A FINAL ORDER ON SEPTEMBER 29, 2009 WITH RESPECT TO A WORKPLACE LOCATION AT 8511 RANDNOR ROAD PEORIA, IL 61614.

Issued

2012-12-06 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-12-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $3520.00 · Current $0.00 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 conditions and the regulations applicable to his/her environment to control or eliminate any hazards or other exposure to illness or injury:    An employee performing clean-up activites was exposed to struck by hazards and the employees had not received instruction from the employer to recognize and avoid the unsafe conditions found at the jobsite.     BRUCE EKHOFF BUILDERS, INC. WAS PREVIOUSLY CITED FOR A VIOLATION OF THIS OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARD OR ITS EQUIVALENT STANDARD 1926.21(b)(2), WHICH WAS CONTAINED IN OSHA INSPECTION NUMBER 312888753, CITATION NUMBER 1, ITEM NUMBER 2a AND WAS AFFIRMED AS A FINAL ORDER ON SEPTEMBER 29, 2009 WITH RESPECT TO A WORKPLACE LOCATION AT 8511 RANDNOR ROAD PEORIA, IL 61614.

Issued

2012-12-06 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-12-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $6160.00 · Current $1000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13):     Each 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 1926.501 (b):    Employees were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 12 feet while removing and installing shingles on a residential roof without appropriate fall protection.

Issued

2012-12-06 00:00:00

Abate by

2012-12-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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:    Employees were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 12 feet while removing and installing shingles on a residential roof without appropriate fall protection and were not trained to recognize the hazards of falling and the procedures to be followed in order to minimize the hazards.