OSHA Inspection: GRIFFIN CAMPBELL

Issued

2013-11-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-11-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $7000.00 · Current $5500.00 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) Worksite, 2136-38 Market Street: The employer does not require the use of protective helmets when employees are exposed to the possible danger of head injury from impact, falling and/or flying objects. This violation was most recently observed on or about June 4, 2013, when employees performing demolition were exposed to head injuries from the impact of falling or flying objects during the demolition work. To abate this ongoing violation, the employer must ensure its employees that are exposed to the possible danger of head injury are protected from head injury and that no employee is allowed to work in an area with the possible danger of head injury without a protective helmet.

Issued

2013-11-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-11-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $7000.00 · Current $5500.00 Reduced

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.  a) Worksite, 2136-38 Market Street: The employer does not require the use of any form of fall protection during work from a walking/working surface with an unprotected side or edge six feet or more above a lower level.  This violation was most recently observed on or about May 15, 2013, when employees were not protected from falling by the use of guardrail systems, safety net systems or personal fall arrest systems while removing wood joists and roof tar paper from the roof of a four story structure that was under demolition, exposing the employees to an approximate 48 foot fall hazard.  To abate this ongoing violation, the employer must ensure that its employees performing roofing and demolition work are protected from falls, and that no employee is allowed onto a walking/working surface with an unprotected side or edge more than six feet high without adequate fall protection.  b) Worksite, 2140 Market Street: The employer does not require the use of any form of fall protection during work from a walking/working surface with an unprotected side or edge six feet or more above a lower level. This violation was most recently observed on or about June 2, 2013, when an employee was not protected from falling by the use of guardrail systems, safety net systems or personal fall arrest systems while removing demolition debris from a roof of a one story structure, exposing the employee to an approximate 15 foot fall hazard.  To abate this ongoing violation, the employer must ensure that its employees performing roofing and demolition work are protected from falls, and that no employee is allowed onto a walking/working surface with an unprotected side or edge more than six feet high without adequate fall protection.  c) Worksite, 2136-38 Market Street: The employer does not require the use of any form of fall protection during work from a walking/working surface with an unprotected side or edge six feet or more above a lower level. This violation was most recently observed on or about June 2, 2013, when employees were not protected from falling by the use of guardrail systems, safety net systems or personal fall arrest systems while working from the 4th floor of a four story structure that was under demolition with floor boards removed from the 4th, 3rd & 2nd floors, exposing the employees to an approximate 40 foot fall hazard.  To abate this ongoing violation, the employer must ensure that its employees performing roofing and demolition work are protected from falls, and that no employee is allowed onto a walking/working surface with an unprotected side or edge more than six feet high without adequate fall protection.

Issued

2013-11-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-11-22 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $7000.00 · Current $5500.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.502(d)(16)(iii): Personal fall arrest systems, when stopping a fall, were not rigged such that an employee could not free fall more than 6 feet (1.8 m) nor contact any lower level:  a) Worksite, 2136-38 Market Street:  The employer does not require personal fall arrest systems, when stopping a fall, to prevent its employees from free falling more than six feet nor from contacting any lower level.  This violation was most recently observed on or about May 15, 2013, when an employee was using a 50 foot rope as a lanyard while working from a roof with a free fall of approximately 48 feet to the lower level.  To abate this ongoing violation, the employer must ensure that its employees using personal fall arrest systems are rigged such that the employee does not free fall more than six feet and does not contact any lower level.

Issued

2013-11-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-12-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $7000.00 · Current $5500.00 Reduced

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) Worksite, 2136-38 Market Street: The employer does not require nor maintain a training program, which includes recognition of falling hazards and procedures to minimize these hazards, for employees potentially exposed to fall hazards.   This violation was most recently observed on or about May 15, 2013, when the employer did not provide training in fall protection for employees who were exposed to fall hazards while performing demolition operations.  To abate this ongoing violation, the employer must initiate and maintain a program, including fall hazard recognition and procedures to minimize these hazards, to ensure employees use proper fall protection appropriately.   b) Worksite, 2136-38 Market Street: The employer does not require nor maintain a training program, which includes recognition of falling hazards and procedures to minimize these hazards, for employees potentially exposed to fall hazards.  This violation was most recently observed on or about June 2, 2013, when the employer did not provide training in fall protection for employees who were exposed to fall hazards while performing demolition activities. To abate this ongoing violation, the employer must initiate and maintain a program, including fall hazard recognition and procedures to minimize these hazards, to ensure employees use proper fall protection appropriately.

Issued

2013-11-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-11-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $5000.00 · Current $4000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.851(b): All stairs, passageways, ladders and incidental equipment thereto, which are covered by this section, were not periodically inspected and maintained in a clean safe condition.   a) Worksite, 2136-38 Market Street: The employer does not require stairs to be periodically inspected and maintained in a clean safe condition.  This violation was most recently observed on or about June 2, 2013, when employees were using stairs with missing steps and railings, that were not periodically inspected or maintained in a clean safe conditions, to travel to the upper floors of a four-story structure while removing demolition debris, tools and equipment.  To abate this ongoing violation, the employer must ensure all stairs are periodically inspected and maintained in a clean safe condition.

Issued

2013-11-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-11-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $70000.00 · Current $56000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.854(b): Wall sections more than one story in height were permitted to stand alone without lateral bracing and were not left in a condition safe enough to be self-supporting. All walls were not in a stable condition at the end of each shift.  a) Worksite, 2136-38 Market Street:  On or about June 3, 2013, the employer permitted an exterior masonry wall approximately 3 stories in height that was not self-supporting and without lateral bracing to stand alone exposing employees to crushing hazards.

Issued

2013-11-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-11-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $70000.00 · Current $56000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.854(b): Wall sections more than one story in height were permitted to stand alone without lateral bracing and were not left in a condition safe enough to be self-supporting. All walls were not in a stable condition at the end of each shift.  a) Worksite, 2136-38 Market Street:  On or about June 4, 2013, the employer permitted an exterior masonry wall approximately 3 stories in height that was not self-supporting and without lateral bracing to stand alone exposing employees to crushing hazards.

Issued

2013-11-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-11-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $70000.00 · Current $56000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.854(b): Wall sections more than one story in height were permitted to stand alone without lateral bracing and were not left in a condition safe enough to be self-supporting. All walls were not in a stable condition at the end of each shift.  a) Worksite, 2136-38 Market Street:  On or about June 5, 2013, the employer permitted an exterior masonry wall approximately 3 stories in height that was not self-supporting and without lateral bracing to stand alone exposing employees to crushing hazards.

Issued

2013-11-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-11-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $70000.00 · Current $56000.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.854(d): Structural or load-supporting members on any floor shall not be cut or removed until all such stories above such a floor have been demolished and removed.   a) Worksite, 2136-38 Market Street: The employer allows structural or load supporting members on any floor to be cut or removed prior to all stories above such a floor having been demolished and removed. This violation was most recently observed on or about June 5, 2013 when the employer removed structural and load-supporting members on the fourth, third and second floors of the four story structure before all stories above were demolished exposing employees to crushing hazards. To abate this ongoing violation, the employer must ensure structural or load supporting members on any floor shall not be cut or removed until all such stories above have been demolished and removed.

Issued

2013-11-14 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-11-20 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.850(a): An engineering survey was not performed by a competent person to determine the conditions of the framing, floors and walls and the possibility of unplanned collapse of any portion of the structure prior to permitting employees to start demolition operations.  a) Worksite, 2136-2138 Market Street:  The employer does not require an engineering survey be performed by a competent person prior to the start of demolition to determine the conditions of the framing, floors and walls and the possibility of unplanned collapse of any portion of the structure.  This violation was most recently observed on or about May 15, 2013, when, prior to the start of demolition operations, a competent person did not perform an engineering survey to determine the conditions of the framing, floors and walls and the possibility of unplanned collapse of any portion of the structure.  To abate this ongoing violation, the employer must ensure a competent person performs an engineering survey prior to starting demolition operations to determine the conditions of the framing, floors, and walls and the possibility of unplanned collapse of any portion of the structure.