OSHA Inspection: CLANCY BUILDERS, LLC

Issued

May 13, 2013

Abate by

May 17, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $2,000

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:    a.  Site- Employees were exposed to overhead struck by hazards where head protection was not worn or provided.

Issued

May 13, 2013

Abate by

May 17, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $2,000

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. Roof- Employees operating a pneumatic nail gun were not protected from eye injuries where eye protection was not worn or provided.

Issued

May 13, 2013

Abate by

May 17, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $1,600

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.150(c)(1)(i): A fire extinguisher, rated not less than 2A, was not provided for each 3,000 square feet of the protected building area, or major fraction there of:    a. Site- Employees were not protected from fire and entrapment hazards while framing a three story wood structure where fire extinguishers were not provided and smoking inside the building was allowed by the employer.

Issued

May 13, 2013

Abate by

May 13, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,800

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2)(v): Fork-lifts were used to support scaffold platforms while the entire platform was not attached to the fork:    a. Site- Employees working from on top of stack of plywood placed on the forks of a Cat TH83 all terrain forklift were not protected from a scaffold collapse hazard where a platform attached to the forks of the forklift was not provided by the employer.

Issued

May 13, 2013

Abate by

May 13, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.602(c)(1)(viii)(A): The industrial truck was not equipped with a safety platform/cage firmly secured to the lifting carriage and/or forks when used for lifting personnel:    a. Site- Employees working from on top of stack of plywood placed on the forks of a Cat TH83 all terrain forklift were not protected from a scaffold collapse hazard where a platform attached to the forks of the forklift was not provided by the employer.

Issued

May 13, 2013

Abate by

May 31, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $2,000

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:    a. Site- Employees exposed to fall and scaffold collapse hazards while working from a platform supported by an all terrain forklift were not provided with scaffold safety training from the employer.

Issued

May 13, 2013

Abate by

May 31, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(a)(1): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee potentially exposed to fall hazards to enable each employee to recognize the hazards of falling and the procedures to be followed in order to minimize these hazards:     a.       Site- Employees exposed to fall  hazards were not provided with fall protection training from the employer.

Issued

May 13, 2013

Abate by

May 31, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $2,000

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. Site- Employees operating an all terrain forklift were not provided with operator training.

Issued

May 13, 2013

Abate by

May 17, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $1,600

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1052(c)(1)(i): Stairways having four or more risers or rising more than 30 inches (76 cm), whichever is less, were not equipped with at least one handrail:     a. Site- Employees were exposed to slip and trip hazards where stairways between the basement and second floor levels did not have handrails installed.

Issued

May 13, 2013

Abate by

May 13, 2013

Penalty

Initial $14,000 · Current $14,000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1): Employees on scaffolds more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level by fall protection established in paragraphs (g)(1)(i)-(vii) of this section:    a. Site- Two employees working from sheets of plywood supported by an all terrain forklift were exposed to a fall of approximately 30 feet where fall protection was not used or provided.

Issued

May 13, 2013

Abate by

May 17, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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. Roof- Two employees working from the roof were exposed to a fall of approximately 30 feet where fall protection was not used or provided.    b. Site- Employees working from the first and second floors were exposed to falls of approximately 10 and 20 feet where window, door, and stair openings were not guarded.