OSHA Inspection: ON THE LEVEL

Issued

May 6, 2013

Abate by

May 31, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,400 Reduced

General-duty citation text

1926.100(a): Employees working in areas where there is a possible danger of head injury from impact, or from falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, were not protected by protective helmets:      (a) Construction Site: On or about February 21, 2013, and at times prior thereto, employees were exposed to overhead hazards while working on a new residential home without overhead protection.  Employees were setting wooden roof trusses being lifted into place by a crane.

Issued

May 6, 2013

Abate by

May 31, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,400 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:        a) Construction Site: On or about February 21, 2013, and at times prior thereto, employees were exposed to eye injuries while using pneumatic power nailers without eye protection.

Issued

May 6, 2013

Abate by

May 31, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $800 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.403(b)(2): Listed, labeled, or certified equipment was not installed and used in accordance with instructions included in the listing, labeling, or certification:      a) Construction Site: On or about February 21, 2013, and at times prior thereto, employees were exposed to a shock hazard while using an electrical receptacle that was not listed and labeled for outdoor construction use.

Issued

May 6, 2013

Abate by

May 31, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $800 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.404(b)(1)(ii): On a construction site, where an assured equipment grounding program was not utilized, all 120-volt, single-phase, 15 and 20 ampere receptacle outlets which were not a part of the permanent wiring of the building or structure and which are in use by employees did not have approved ground fault circuit interrupers for personal protection:    a) Construction Site: On or about February 21, 2013, and at times prior thereto, employees were exposed to a shock hazard while using a electrical receptacle with no inline Ground Fault Circuit Interrupter.

Issued

May 6, 2013

Abate by

May 31, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,400 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13): Each employee(s) engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels were not protected by guardrail systems, safety net system, or personal fall arrest system:      a) Construction Site: On or about February 21, 2013, and at times prior thereto, employees were exposed to a fall of approximately eleven feet to the ground below while setting trusses on a new residential home.

Issued

May 6, 2013

Abate by

May 31, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee who might be exposed to fall hazards. The program shall enable each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and shall train each employee in the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards:      a) Construction Site: On or about February 21, 2013, and at times prior thereto, employees were exposed to a fall of approximately eleven feet to the ground below while setting trusses on a new residential home.  Employees had not been trained in the recognition of these fall hazards and the means to control them.

Issued

May 6, 2013

Abate by

May 31, 2013

Penalty

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

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.701(b): All protruding reinforcing steel, onto and/or into which employees could fall or come against, was not guarded to eliminate the hazard of impalement:    a) Construction Site: On or about February 21, 2013, and at times prior thereto, employees were exposed to falling approximately 11 feet to the ground with uncovered rebar below while working above to set prefabricated wooden trusses.

Issued

May 6, 2013

Abate by

May 31, 2013

Penalty

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

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): Portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface and the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface to which the ladder was used to gain access:    a) Construction Site: On or about February 21,2013, and at times prior thereto, employees were exposed to a fall of approximately eleven feet to the ground below while using an extension ladder to gain access to the top plate of the wall.  The ladder was not adjusted to extend at least 3 feet above the upper landing surface.

Issued

May 6, 2013

Abate by

May 31, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

1926.1060(a): The employer did not provide an adequate training program for each employee using ladders and stairways, as necessary:     a) Construction Site: On or about February 21,2013, and at times prior thereto, employees were exposed to a fall of approximately eleven feet to the ground below due to lack of adequate training in the recognition of fall hazards related to ladders, and the means to control these hazards.