OSHA Inspection: P&R FLORIDA CONSTRUCTION INC.

Issued

2013-06-03 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-06-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $1600.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(1): Each employee on a walking/working surface with an unprotected side or edge which was 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above a lower level was not protected from falling by the use of guardrail systems, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems:   On or about April 23, 2013, at the above addressed site, employees installing reinforcement steel bars while on a walking/working surface approximately 11 feet above a lower level with unprotected edges were not protected from falling to that lower level.

Issued

2013-06-03 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-06-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $1600.00

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:   On or about April 23, 2013, at the above addressed site, employees installing reinforcement steel bars while on a walking/working surface approximately 11 feet above a lower level while exposed to potential falls were not provided with a training program for fall hazards.   PLEASE NOTE:  CERTIFICATION OF ABATEMENT IS REQUIRED FOR THIS VIOLATION.

Issued

2013-06-03 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-06-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $1600.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): Where portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface and the ladders length allows, the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface being accessed:   On or about April 23, 2013, at the above addressed site, employees using portable ladders to gain access to and from a walking/working surface approximately 11 ft. above a lower level for the installation of steel reinforcement rods did not have the side rails of that ladder extended at least 3 ft. above the landing surface.

Issued

2013-06-03 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-06-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $1600.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(8): Ladders placed in a location where they could be displaced by workplace activities or traffic, such as in passageways, doorways, or driveways, were not secured to prevent accidental displacement, nor was a barricade used to keep the activities or traffic away from the ladder:   On or about April 23, 2013, at the above addressed site, employees using portable ladders set up on an active construction site to gain access to and from a walking/working surface approximately 11 ft. above a lower level did not have those ladders secured to prevent accidental displacement.

Issued

2013-06-03 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-06-03 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(5)(i): Non-self-supporting ladders were not used at an angle such than the horizontal distance from the top support to the foot of the ladder way approximately one-quarter of the working length of the ladder (the distance along the ladder between the foot and the top support):   On or about April 23, 2013, at the above addressed site, an employee using a portable ladder for the installation of steel reinforcement rods approximately 10 feet above a lower level had the ladder approximately 8 feet away from  the top support.