OSHA Inspection: VBF CONSTRUCTION, INC.

Issued

Dec 12, 2012

Abate by

Jan 9, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $800 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): The employer did not develop, implement, and/or maintain at the workplace a written hazard communication program which describes how the criteria specified in 29 CFR 1910.1200(f), (g), and (h) will be met: (Construction Reference: 1926.59)(a):    On or about November 5, 2012, employee was exposed to chemical hazards when the employer did not have a hazard communication program for employees exposed to chemicals such as, but not limited to, crystalline silica dust generated when sawing Hardie Plank siding.

Issued

Dec 12, 2012

Abate by

Jan 9, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(g)(1): The employer did not have a material safety data sheet for each hazardous chemical which they used: (Construction Reference: 1926.59)    On or about November 5, 2012, employee was exposed to chemical hazards when the employer did not have a safety data sheet for each chemical such as, but not limited to, crystalline silica dust generated when sawing Hardie Plank siding.

Issued

Dec 12, 2012

Abate by

Jan 9, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(h)(1): Employees were not provided effective information and training on hazardous chemicals in their work area at the time of their initial assignment and whenever a new hazard that the employees had not been previously trained about was introduced into their work area: (Construction Reference: 1926.59)    On or about November 5, 2012, employee was exposed to chemical hazards when the employer did not provide information on the location of the program and MSDS, and employee training.  Employees were exposed to chemicals such as, but not limited to, crystalline silica dust generated when sawing Hardie Plank siding.

Issued

Dec 12, 2012

Abate by

Jan 9, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $800 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(i): Each employee on a boatswains' chair, catenary scaffold, float scaffold, needle beam scaffold, or ladder jack scaffold was not protected by a personal fall arrest system:    On or about November 5, 2012, an employee was exposed to fall hazards of approximately 18 feet when the employee was working from a ladder jack scaffold without attaching the anchor rope to his rope-grab.

Issued

Dec 12, 2012

Abate by

Jan 9, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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:; Such activities were not performed only by experienced and trained employees selected for such work by the competent person.    On or about November 5, 2012, an employee was exposed to fall hazards of approximately 18 feet when the employee was working from a ladder jack scaffold erected without the supervision of a competent person who would have recognized hazards such as, but not limited to, ladders used at an incorrect angle.

Issued

Dec 12, 2012

Abate by

Jan 9, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a): The employer did not have each employee who performs work while on a scaffold(s) trained by a person qualified in the subject matter to recognize those hazards associated with the type of scaffold(s) being used and to understand the procedures to control or minimize those hazards:    On or about November 5, 2012, an employee was exposed to fall hazards of approximately 18 feet when the employee was not trained to recognize hazards such as, but not limited to, working from a ladder jack scaffold without attaching the anchor rope to his rope-grab.

Issued

Dec 12, 2012

Abate by

Jan 9, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $800 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): Where portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface and the ladder's length allows, the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface being accessed    On or about November 5, 2012, an employee was exposed to fall hazards of approximately 18 feet when the ladder that the employee used to climb to the working surface of the ladder jack scaffold did not extend three feet above the working surface.

Issued

Dec 12, 2012

Abate by

Jan 9, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(5)(i): Non-self-supporting ladders were not used at an angle such than the horizontal distance from the top support to the foot of the ladder way approximately one-quarter of the working length of the ladder (the distance along the ladder between the foot and the top support):    On or about November 5, 2012, an employee was exposed to fall hazards of approximately 18 feet when the employee was working from a ladder jack scaffold erected by placing the ladders at too shallow an angle (placing the bottom of the ladder too far from the house).

Issued

Dec 12, 2012

Abate by

Jan 9, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1060(a): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee using ladders and stairways, that enabled each employee to recognize hazards related to ladders and stairways, and that trained each employee in the procedures to be followed to minimize those hazards:    On or about November 5, 2012, an employee was exposed to fall hazards of approximately 18 feet when the employee was not trained to recognize hazards such as, but not limited to, using a ladder that did not extend three feet above the working surface on the ladder jack scaffold and using a ladder at the incorrect angle to support a ladder jack scaffold.