OSHA Inspection: SG BUILDERS, LTD.

Issued

2013-05-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-05-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.100(a): Employees working in areas where there was a possible danger of head injury from impact, or falling or flying objects, or from electrical shock and burns, were not protected by protective helmets:  On or about March 29, 2013, and at times prior thereto, the employer did not ensure that workers performing work with overhead hazards were required to wear head protection, exposing the workers to a stuck by hazard.

Issued

2013-05-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-05-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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.  On or about March 29, 2013, and at times prior thereto, the employer did not ensure that each worker engaged in construction work were required to wear safety glasses, exposing employees to the hazards of being stuck in the eye by cement dust or mortar.

Issued

2013-05-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-05-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(a)(6): Scaffolds were not designed by a qualified person:  On or about March 29, 2013 and at times prior thereto, the employer did not ensure that  the scaffold that was used on site was designed by a qualified person, exposing workers to a fall hazard of approximately 28 feet.

Issued

2013-05-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-05-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(3): Scaffolds and scaffold components were not inspected for visible defects by a competent person before each work shift, and after any occurrence which could affect a scaffold's structural integrity:  On or about March, 29, 2013, and at times prior thereto, the employer did not have a competent person perform daily inspections of the scaffold, exposing workers to the hazards of falling off the scaffolding due to no guardrails installed.

Issued

2013-05-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-05-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a): The employer did not have each employee who performed work while on a scaffold trained by a person qualified in the subject matter to recognize the hazards associated with the type of scaffold being used and to understand the procedures to control or minimize those hazards.  On or about March 29, 2013, and at times prior thereto, the employees for the company were not trained by a competent person to recognize the hazards associated with the use of a scaffold, exposing the workers to the fall hazard of approximately 28 feet.

Issued

2013-05-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-05-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

Each platform on all working levels of scaffolds was not fully planked or decked between the front uprights and the guardrail supports as specified in paragraphs 1926.451(b)(1)(i)-(ii)  On or about March 29, 2013, and at times prior thereto, the employer did not ensure that all levels of the four tier tubular welded frame scaffold system was fully planked, exposing workers to approximately a 28 foot fall hazard.

Issued

2013-05-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-05-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1): When scaffold platforms were more than 2 feet (0.6 m) above or below a point of access, portable ladders, hook-on ladders, attachable ladders, stair towers (scaffold stairways/towers), stairway-type ladders (such as ladder stands), ramps, walkways, integral prefabricated scaffold access, or direct access from other scaffold, sturcture, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used.  Crossbraces were used as a means of access.  On or about March 29, 2013, and at times prior thereto, the employer did not ensure that there was a ladder installed on the four tier tubular welded frame scaffolding, exposing the workers to a fall hazard of approximately 28 feet.

Issued

2013-05-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-05-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2)(ii): Unstable objects were used to support scaffolds or platform units:  On or about March, 29, 2013, and at times prior thereto, the scaffolding was supported by stacks of wood creating a unstable, exposing the workers to the hazard of a scaffold collapse.

Issued

2013-05-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-05-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(vii): Each employee on a scaffold, not otherwise specified in paragraphs (g)(1)(i) through (g)(1)(vi) of this section, more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above lower level was not protected from falls by the use of personal fall arrest systems or guardrail systems meeting the requirements of paragraph (g)(4) of this section.  On or about March 29, 2013, and at times prior thereto, the employer did not ensure that guardrails were installed on the four tier tubular welded frame scaffold system, exposing the workers on the scaffold to a fall hazard of up to approximately 28 feet.

Issued

2013-05-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-05-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1200.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1)(i): Each platform unit (e.g., scaffold plank, fabricated plank, fabricated deck, or fabricated platform) was not installed so that the space between adjacent units and the space between the platform and the uprights were no more than 1 inch (2.5 cm) wide, except where the employer can demonstrate that a wider space is necessary. On or about March, 29, 2013, and at times prior thereto, the employer did not ensure that each scaffolding planks were installed so that there was not a space greater than one inch between the adjacent planks, exposing workers working below to the hazards of being struck by falling materials such as hammers, trowels and bricks.

Issued

2013-05-23 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-05-31 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(h)(2)(ii): A toeboard was not erected along the edge of platforms more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above lower levels for a distance sufficient to protect employees below:  On or about March 29, 2013, and at times prior thereto, the employer did not ensure that there were toeboards installed along the edge of platforms that were more than 10 feet above a lower level, exposing the workers on lower levels to the hazard of being struck by falling objects.