OSHA Inspection: GRAND GENERAL CONSTRUCTION CORP.

Issued

Apr 12, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $1,200

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.21(b)(2): The employer shall instruct each employee in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions and the regulations applicable to his work environment to control or eliminate any hazards or other exposure to illness or injury:      On or about 3/20/2013, 1251 Westchester Ave.    a) The employees were not provided safety and health training as required by the standard.

Issued

Apr 12, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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, shall be protected by protective helmets:    On or about 3/20/2013, Westchester Ave.    a) The employee worked below the scaffold and was not wearing a hard hat.

Issued

Apr 12, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $1,200

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.404(b)(1)(i): General. The employer shall use either ground fault circuit interrupters as specified in paragraph (b)(1)(ii) of this section or an assured equipment grounding conductor program as specified in paragraph (b)(1)(iii) of this section to protect employees on construction sites. These requirements are in addition to any other requirements for equipment grounding conductors:  On or about 3/20/2013, Westchester Ave.  a) The employee was using the miter saw to cut wood. He was not using a ground fault circuit interrupter.

Issued

Apr 12, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.404(f)(6): Grounding path. The path to ground from circuits, equipment, and enclosures shall be permanent and continuous:  On or about 3/20/2013, Westchester Ave.  a) There was a broken ground pin on the 50' extension cord and the ground wire was not connected in the main panel box.

Issued

Apr 12, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $1,200

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.405(a)(2)(ii)(C): Receptacles shall be of the grounding type. Unless installed in a complete metallic raceway, each branch circuit shall contain a separate equipment grounding conductor, and all receptacles shall be electrically connected to the grounding conductor. Receptacles for uses other than temporary lighting shall not be installed on branch circuits which supply temporary lighting. Receptacles shall not be connected to the same ungrounded conductor of multiwire circuits which supply temporary lighting:  On or about 3/20/2013, Westchester Ave.  a) The lights and the power were on the same line.

Issued

Apr 12, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.405(a)(2)(ii)(J): Extension cord sets used with portable electric tools and appliances shall be of three-wire type and shall be designed for hard or extra-hard usage. Flexible cords used with temporary and portable lights shall be designed for hard or extra-hard usage.    NOTE: The National Electrical Code, ANSI/NFPA 70, in Article 400, Table 400-4, lists various types of flexible cords, some of which are noted as being designed for hard or extra-hard usage. Examples of these types of flexible cords include hard service cord (types S, ST, SO, STO) and junior hard service cord (types SJ, SJO, SJT, SJTO).    On or about 3/20/2013, Westchester AVe.    a) The employees used a multi-outlet power source to energize the their tools and lights.

Issued

Apr 12, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,800

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1): Each platform on all working levels of scaffolds shall be fully planked or decked between the front uprights and the guardrail supports as follows:    On or about 3/20/2013, Westchester Ave.    a) The scaffold platform had three 2x10 wood planks. The employee was exposed to a 12' fall hazard.

Issued

Apr 12, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,800

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e): "Access." This paragraph applies to scaffold access for all employees. Access requirements for employees erecting or dismantling supported scaffolds are specifically addressed in paragraph (e)(9) of this section:  On or about 3/20/2013, Westchester Ave.  a) The employee climbed on the frame of the tubular welded frame scaffold. Safe access was not provided.

Issued

Apr 12, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $2,000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above a lower level shall be protected from falling to that lower level. Paragraphs (g)(1)(i) through (vii) of this section establish the types of fall protection to be provided to the employees on each type of scaffold. Paragraph (g)(2) of this section addresses fall protection for scaffold erectors and dismantlers.  Note to paragraph (g)(1): The fall protection requirements for employees installing suspension scaffold support systems on floors, roofs, and other elevated surfaces are set forth in subpart M of this part.  On or about 3/20/2013, Westchester Ave.  a) The tubular welded frame scaffold was 12' high and did not have guardrails.