OSHA Inspection: SCHENK CONSTRUCTION, INC.

Issued

2013-03-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-03-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

OSH ACT of 1970 Section (5)(a)(1):     Section 5(a)(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970: The employer did not furnish employment and a place of employment which were free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm to employees in that employees were exposed to a tipover hazard:    (a) Construction site:  On or about November 15, 2012 and at times prior thereto, employees were exposed to tipover hazard, while installing new roofing materials from a platform mounted on a Gehl Dynalift Model 663 rough terrain forklift truck. The platform was approximately 20 feet wide and was positioned approximately 24 feet above the ground level below.

Issued

2013-03-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-03-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · 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:    (a) Construction site:  On or about November 15, 2012 and at times prior thereto, employees were exposed to head injuries from falling items such as but not limited to, hand tools and roofing material while walking under an elevated platform to reach the controls of a Gehl rough terrain forklift.

Issued

2013-03-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-03-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a):     The employer did not have each employee who performed work while on a scaffold trained by a person qualified in the subject matter to recognize the hazards associated with the type of scaffold being used and to understand the procedures to control or minimize those hazards:    (a) Construction site:  On or about November 15, 2012 and at times prior thereto, employees were exposed to an ejection and fall of approximately 24 feet to the ground level below, while installing new roofing materials from a platform mounted on a Gehl Dynalift Model 663 rough terrain forklift truck.

Issued

2013-03-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-03-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1200.00 · Current $600.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.502(b)(2):     Midrails, screens, mesh, intermediate vertical members, or equivalent intermediate structure members were not installed between the top edge of the guardrail system and the walking/working surface when there was no wall or parapet wall at least 21 inches (53 cm) high:    (a) Construction Site:  On or about November 15, 2012 and at times prior thereto, employees were exposed to a fall of approximately 8 feet to the landing below due to no midrail installed around the top of the stairway.

Issued

2013-03-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-03-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1052(c)(1):     Stairways having four or more risers or rising more than 30 inches (76 cm), whichever is less, were not equipped with at least one handrail and one stairrail system along each unprotected side or edge:    (a) Construction Site:  On or about November 15, 2012 and at times prior thereto, employees were exposed to falls while using unguarded stairways to complete framing activities.

Issued

2013-03-05 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-03-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $1000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.602(c)(1)(viii)(A):     The safety platform was not firmly secured to the lifting carriage and/or forks:    (a) Construction Site:  On or about November 15, 2012 and at times prior thereto, employees were exposed to falls while using a platform that was not secured to the lifting carriage and/or forks while installing new roofing materials approximatly 24 feet above the ground below.