OSHA Inspection: LOVE CONSTRUCTION & REMODELING, INC.

Issued

2013-08-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-09-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $400.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1903.19(c)(1): The employer did not certify to OSHA, within 10 calendar days after the abatement date, that the cited violation had been abated:  a)  For Citation 1, Item 1a, issued on 6/21/2013 with an abatement date of 7/18/2013, the employer did not certify the complete abatement of the cited violation.  b)  For Citation 1, Item 1b, issued on 6/21/2013 with an abatement date of 7/18/2013, the employer did not certify the complete abatement of the cited violation.

Issued

2013-08-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-09-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $400.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1903.19(d)(1): The employer did not submit to the Agency documents demonstrating that abatement is complete for each willful or repeat violation and for any serious violation for which the Agency indicates in the citation that such abatement documentation is required.  a)  For Citation 1, Item 2, issued on 6/21/2013 with an abatement date of 7/18/2013, the employer did not submit documents demonstrating complete abatement of the cited violation to OSHA.  b)  For Citation 1, Item 3a, issued on 6/21/2013 with an abatement date of 7/18/2013, the employer did not submit documents demonstrating complete abatement of the cited violation to OSHA.  c)  For Citation 1, Item 3b, issued on 6/21/2013 with an abatement date of 7/18/2013, the employer did not submit documents demonstrating complete abatement of the cited violation to OSHA.

Issued

2013-06-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-07-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2000.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(1):      The employer did not initiate and maintain such programs as may be necessary to comply with this part:                                                                 Two employee were standing on an approximately 15 foot high prefabricated scaffold platform on a ladder jack scaffold without fall protection were exposed to fall  hazards and the employer did not initiate and maintain an accident prevention program to control and eliminate the hazards present at the jobsite in accordance with the OSHA regulations.

Issued

2013-06-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-07-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(7):    Scaffolds were not erected, moved, dismantled, or altered, by trained and experienced employees under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection, moving, dismantling or alteration:; Such activities were not performed only by experienced and trained employees selected for such work by the competent person:                                                                Two employee were standing on an approximately 15 foot high prefabricated scaffold platform on a ladder jack scaffold without fall protection were exposed to fall  hazards and the employer did have a competent person during the erection of the ladder jack scaffold.

Issued

2013-06-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-07-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1): When scaffold platforms were more than 2 feet (0.6 m) above or below a point of access, portable ladders, hook-on ladders, attachable ladders, stair towers (scaffold stairways/towers), stairway-type ladders (such as ladder stands), ramps, walkways, integral prefabricated scaffold access, or direct access from other scaffold, sturcure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used:    An employee was observed climbing over a ladder jack on a ladder jack scaffold which was approximately 15 feet from a lower level, and the employer did not provide  either portable ladders, or similar surface to access the prefabricated scaffold platform.

Issued

2013-06-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-07-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $0.00 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:     Two employees were observed working without fall protection on an approximately 15 foot high prefabricated scaffold platform on a ladder jack scaffold.

Issued

2013-06-21 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-07-18 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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.    Two employees were working  without fall protection on an approximately 15 foot high prefabricated scaffold plank on a ladder jack scaffold, and the employer did not provide training regarding such hazards.