OSHA Inspection: A&G DEVELOPMENT LLC

Issued

Feb 7, 2013

Abate by

Feb 15, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,200 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:    Worksite:  Employees who were working on the ground in areas where material was being lifted and carried above them were not provided with and required to wear hard hats.

Issued

Feb 7, 2013

Abate by

Feb 15, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,200 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1):     Eye and face protective equipment were not used when machines or operations presented potential eye or face injury from physical, chemical, or radiation agents.    Worksite:  Employees who were using saws and pneumatic nail guns were not provided with and required to wear safety glasses.

Issued

Feb 7, 2013

Abate by

Feb 20, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,200 Reduced

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.    Worksite:  The employer did not ensure that the ladder jack scaffold had been erected under the supervision of a competent person.

Issued

Feb 7, 2013

Abate by

Feb 15, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,000 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:    Worksite:  Employees who were working from a ladder jack scaffold while exposed to fall hazards of approximately 18 feet, were not provided with fall protection.

Issued

Feb 7, 2013

Abate by

Feb 15, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(11):     Each employee on a steep roof with unprotected sides and edges 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels was not protected from falling by guardrail systems with toeboards, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems:    Worksite:  Employees, who were performing roofing work on a steep pitch roof, approximately 20 feet above the ground, were not provided with and required to wear fall protection.

Issued

Feb 7, 2013

Abate by

Apr 8, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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:    Worksite:  The employer did not ensure that all employees who were performing roofing work were trained in the hazards associated with falling and the proper ways, methods and procedures to take in order to minimize these hazards.

Issued

Feb 7, 2013

Abate by

Feb 15, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $700 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 ladders length allows, the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface being accessed:    Worksite:  Employees were accessing the lower and upper levels of the roof using two separate extension ladders that did not extend at least three feet above the upper landing surface of the roof.

Issued

Feb 7, 2013

Abate by

Feb 15, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,200 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(6):     Ladders were used on surfaces which were not stable and level:    Worksite:  The employer did not ensure that the two extension ladders, which were used to support the ladder jack scaffold, had been set on a stable surface to prevent movement or displacement.