OSHA Inspection: BARNETTE CONSTRUCTION INC.

Issued

Mar 15, 2013

Abate by

Apr 2, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(3)(i)(M): The employer did not review the operating instructions, warnings, or precautions listed in the operator's manual for the types of vehicle that the employee is being trained to operate:    a) Golden Corral of WNY site, employee observed operating a Caterpillar, Model TL-642 forklift without wearing a seat belt.    ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED

Issued

Mar 15, 2013

Abate by

Mar 19, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.300(b)(2): Belts, gears, shafts, pulleys, sprockets, spindles, drums, fly wheels, chains, or other reciprocating, rotating, or moving parts of equipment exposed to contact by the employees or which otherwise created a hazard, were not guarded:    a) Golden Corral of WNY site, Emglo Compressor near the electrical service was missing the guard used to protect the employees from the rotating belts and pulleys.    ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED

Issued

Mar 15, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

1926.453(b)(2)(v): A safety harness with lanyard attached to the boom or basket was not worn by employee(s) working from an aerial lift:    a) Golden Corral of WNY, two (2) employees observed working in a Genie S-40 Aerial Lift on the West side of the building without their lanyards being attached to the boom of the lift.    NO ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED

Issued

Mar 15, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,400 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(10): Employee(s) engaged in roofing activities on low-sope roofs, with unprotected sides and edges 6 feet (1.8m) or more above lower levels were not protected from falling by a guardrail system, safety net systems, personal fall arrest systems, or a combination of warning line system and guardrail system, warning line system and safety net system, or warning line system and personal fall arrest system, or warning line system and safet monitoring system:    a) Golden Corral of WNY, two (2) employees observed working on a slightly pitched roof installing sheeting and no fall protection was in use, employees were exposed to falls of approximately 15 feet to the ground below.    NO ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED

Issued

Mar 15, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,400 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.502(d)(9):Lanyards and/or vertical lifelines did not have a minimum breaking strength of 5,000 pounds (22.2 kN):    a) Golden Corral of WNY, employees using pieces of rope and carabiners to lengthen their lanyards which would not meet the breaking strength of the standard as required.    NO ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED

Issued

Mar 15, 2013

Abate by

Apr 2, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,400 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1): A training program was not provided to each employee who might be exposed to fall hazards, to enable that employee to recognize the hazards of falling, and be trained in the procedures to be followed to minimize these hazards:    a) Golden Corral of WNY, employees working on the roof of the building and from aerial lifts were not trained to identify or eliminate the hazards associated with the lack of or the proper use of fall protection. Employees were exposed to falls of approximately 15 feet to the ground below.    ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION REQUIRED