OSHA Inspection: CLAIR W. DAINES, INC.

Issued

Mar 7, 2013

Abate by

Mar 28, 2013

Penalty

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

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 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 March 06, 2013, and at times prior thereto, employees were exposed to overhead hazards while working below construction activities without overhead protection.

Issued

Mar 7, 2013

Abate by

Mar 28, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,000 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 March 06, 2013, and at times prior thereto, employees were exposed to eye injuries while using a HITACHI pneumatic strip nail gun to secure sheathing.    (b) Construction Site: On or about March 06, 2013, and at times prior thereto, employees were exposed to eye injuries while using a HITACHI C10RA3 table saw to cut material.

Issued

Mar 7, 2013

Abate by

Mar 28, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $1,000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.304(i)(1):     Each circular hand-fed ripsaw was not guarded by a hood which completely enclosed the portion of the saw above the table and that portion of the saw above the material being cut. The hood and mounting shall be arranged so that the hood will automatically adjust itself to the thickness of and remain in contact with the material being cut but it shall not offer any considerable resistance to insertion of material to saw or to passage of the material being sawed. The hood shall be made of adequate strength to resist blows and strains incidental to reasonable operation, adjusting, and handling, and shall be so designed as to protect the operator from flying splinters and broken saw teeth. It shall be made of material that is soft enough so that it will be unlikely cause tooth breakage. the hood shall be so mounted as to insure that its operation will be positive, reliable, and in true alignment with the saw; and the mounting shall be adequate in strength to resist any reasonable side thrust or other force tending to throw it out of line:      (a) Construction Site: On or about March 06, 2013, and at times prior thereto, employees were exposed to being struck by pieces of lumber while using an unguarded HITACHI table saw to rip grained lumber.

Issued

Mar 7, 2013

Abate by

Mar 28, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,000 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, nor were employee(s) provided with an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501 (b):      (a) Construction Site: On or about March 06, 2013, and at times prior thereto, employees were exposed to a fall of approximately seventeen feet to the ground below while working from a plank in an elevated work platform.

Issued

Mar 7, 2013

Abate by

Mar 28, 2013

Penalty

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

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1):     The employer did not provide an effective training program for each employee who was 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 March 06, 2013, and at times prior thereto, employees were exposed to a fall of approximately seventeen feet to the concrete below due to lack of adequate training in the recognition of fall hazards and the means to control these hazards.

Issued

Mar 7, 2013

Abate by

Mar 28, 2013

Penalty

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

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.602(c)(1)(viii):     A lift truck, equipped with vertical only, or vertical and horizontal controls elevatable with the lifting carriage or forks for lifting personnel, did not have the following precautions to include use of a safety platform firmly secured to the lifting carriage and/or forks:    (a) Construction Site: On or about March 06, 2013, and at times prior thereto, employees were exposed to a fall of approximately seventeen feet to the ground below while working from an elevated work platform that was not secured to the CAT TH63 all terrain forklift.