OSHA Inspection: LAWRUK BUILDERS, INC.

Issued

Mar 19, 2013

Abate by

Mar 29, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $864 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.152(e)(4): Units dispensing flammable or combustible liquids were not protected against collision damage:    a) Jobsite, Six Mile Run Area VFD, 1100 Six Mile Run Road, Six Mile Run, PA:  On or before 02/12/13, a manual dispensing unit on 275 gallon diesel tank located adjacent to the job trailer was not protected against collision damage. The dispensing unit and tank were used to refuel a Gehl RT forklift, RS 8-42.    b) Jobsite, Six Mile Run Area VFD, 1100 Six Mile Run Road, Six Mile Run, PA:  On or before 02/12/13, a manual dispensing unit on a 36 inch diameter by 5 feet long kerosene tank was not protected against collision damage. The tank was  located adjacent to rear of the building under construction and a truck crane with a personnel platform used by a sub-contractor was operating in the immediate area.

Issued

Mar 19, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $864 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2)(iv): Front-end loaders and similar pieces of equipment were used to support scaffold platforms when they were not specifically designed by the manufacturer for such use:    a) Jobsite, Six Mile Run Area VFD, 1100 Six Mile Run Road, Six Mile Run, PA:  On or before 02/12/13, two (2) employees working inside a personnel platform fabricated by the employer installing siding material which was elevated approximately 4 feet from the ground level by a rented Gehl RT forklift, RS 8-42. The personnel platform was not approved for use by the forklift truck manufacturer and was not firmly secured to the lifting carriage and/or forks

Issued

Mar 19, 2013

Abate by

Mar 29, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,440 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.602(d):     The employer did not certify that each operator had been trained and evaluated as required by paragraph 29 CFR 1910.178(l):    a) Jobsite, Six Mile Run Area VFD, 1100 Six Mile Run Road, Six Mile Run, PA:  On or before 02/12/13, the employer did not certify that the operator of the Gehl Rough Terrain forklift, RS 8-42 was trained and evaluated in the operation of the powered industrial truck.

Issued

Mar 19, 2013

Abate by

Mar 29, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.150(c)(1)(viii): Portable fire extinguishers were not inspected periodically in accordance with maintenance and use of portable fire extinguishers, N.F.P.A. No. 10A-1970:      a) Jobsite, Six Mile Run Area VFD, 1100 Six Mile Run Road, Six Mile Run, PA:  On or before 02/12/13, an Amerex portable fire extinguisher, Model 500, 2A, 10BC, located by the job trailer was last inspected by NAFED in March 2001.