OSHA Inspection: PETER MACQUARRIE

Issued

2013-05-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-05-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $2000.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(2): The employer did not initiate and maintain programs which provided for frequent and regular inspections of the job site, materials and equipment to be made by a competent person(s):  a. Site- Employees were exposed to fall, trip, struck by, and fire hazards where a competent person designated by the employer was not conducting frequent and regular inspections of the jobsite, equipment, and materials.

Issued

2013-05-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-05-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1200.00 · Current $1200.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.25(a): During the course of construction, alteration, or repairs,  debris was not kept cleared from work areas, passageways, and stairs, in and around buildings or other structures:  a. Site- Employees were exposed to trip hazards where scrap lumber was found on the floor and exterior grade in egress routes.

Issued

2013-05-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-05-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.34(c): Means of egress was not continually maintained free of all obstructions or impediments to full instant use in the case of fire or other emergency:   a.       Site- Employees were not protected from fire and entrapment hazards where exit routes between units and exit discharges where not kept clear. Stairways were not framed in each unit and exit routes included passing through interior framed walls with wall studs framed 16 inches on center.

Issued

2013-05-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-05-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $2000.00

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

Issued

2013-05-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-05-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1200.00 · Current $1200.00

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 thereof:  a. Site- Employees were exposed to fire hazards where fire extinguishers were not present in the three story wood framed building under construction. The employer had gasoline onsite for their air compressor and there was a unattended open fire adjacent to the building for burning scrap wood.

Issued

2013-05-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-05-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $2800.00

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- Employees framing dormers were exposed to a fall of approximately 25 feet where fall protection was not utilized.  b. Building- Employees working from levels 2 and 3 were exposed to falls between approximately 8 and 16 feet from unguarded window, wall, and stair way openings.

Issued

2013-05-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-05-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $2000.00

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

2013-05-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-05-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1200.00 · Current $1200.00

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 not protected from a slip and trip hazard where stairways inside the building did not have a hand rail installed.

Issued

2013-05-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-05-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $2000.00

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. Site- Employees were not protected from a fall hazard where a six foot step ladder was used to access the roof from level 3 and the top of the step ladder was below the level being accessed.

Issued

2013-05-22 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-05-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(13): The top or top step of a stepladder was used as a step:  a. Site-  Employees were not protected from a fall hazard when the top and top step of a six foot step ladder was stood on to access the roof from level 3.