OSHA Inspection: NORTH WOODS CONSTRUCTION COMPANY LLC

Issued

2013-07-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-08-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $1120.00 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:  JOBSITE:  The employee, walking/working was not protected by a protective helmet.

Issued

2013-07-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-08-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $1120.00 Reduced

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.  JOBSITE:  The employee, cutting wood with a Ridgid Circular saw was not wearing eye protection.

Issued

2013-07-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-08-09 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1960.00 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):   JOBSITE:  The employees, performing framing of an addition to a residential house were not protected from the hazard of falling between 8 feet and 19 feet 1 inch to the ground by the use of guardrails, personal fall arrest systems or other equivalent means.

Issued

2013-07-30 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-08-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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:  JOBSITE:  The employees, exposed to the hazard of falling while performing framing of an addition to a residential house, were not provided with information and training to control or minimize such hazards.