OSHA Inspection: WHIPKEY CONSTRUCTION

Issued

2013-04-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1360.00 · Current $816.00 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:         (a)  Jobsite:  On or about April 16, 2013, an employee (a ground man) was not wearing a hard hat while he was working below roofers who were working with hand tools.

Issued

2013-04-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1360.00 · Current $816.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(6): Scaffolds were erected, used, dismantled, altered, or moved such that they, or any conductive material handled on them, could have come closer than the minimum distances established for specific voltages as set forth in the table in subparagraph (f)(6):         (a) Jobsite:  On or about April 16, 2013, an employee was working form a ladder jack scaffold and the one aluminum ladder was only about 14 inches form the overhead energized 120/240 v AC insulated electrical line.  According to the table in subparagraph (f)(6), the minimum distance for the ladder from the overhead electrical line is 3 feet.

Issued

2013-04-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1680.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(i): Each employee on a boatswains' chair, catenary scaffold, float scaffold, needle beam scaffold, or ladder jack scaffold was not protected by a personal fall arrest system:       (a)  Jobsite:  On or about April 16, 2013, an employee was working from a ladder jack scaffold and he was not protected form falling.  The fall hazard was approximately 19 feet to the gorund.

Issued

2013-04-24 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1680.00 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)  Jobsite:  On or about April 16, 2013, two employees were working form a roof and they were not protected from falling to the ground.  The fall hazard to the employees was approximately 23 feet to the ground.  The pitch of the roof was 10 in 12.