OSHA Inspection: LELEU & BROTHER CONSTRUCTION, INC

Issued

Jun 17, 2013

Abate by

Jun 21, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,200 · Current $1,200 Reduced

General-duty citation text

OSH ACT of 1970 Section (5)(a)(1): The employer did not furnish employment and a place of employment which were free from recognized hazards that were causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm to employees in that employees were exposed to struck by and caught between hazards associated with the installation of inadequately braced prefabricated roof trusses:          a. Site- Employees were exposed to struck by and caught between hazards where prefabricated wood roof trusses were not adequately braced during installation.

Issued

Jun 17, 2013

Abate by

Jun 21, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,200 · Current $1,200 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(2): Programs did not provide for frequent and regular inspections of the job sites, materials, and equipment to be made by competent persons designated by the employers:             a. Site- Employees were exposed to fall, slip, trip, struck by, and caught between hazards where the employer failed to provide inspections of the jobsite, materials, and equipment to be made by a competent person.

Issued

Jun 17, 2013

Abate by

Jun 27, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,200 · Current $0 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. Site- Employees who were exposed to falls were not provided with fall protection training from the employer.

Issued

Jun 17, 2013

Abate by

Jun 21, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,200 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.602(d): The employer did not certify that each operator had been trained and evaluated as required by paragraph 29 CFR 1910.178(l):    a. Site- An employee operating the Terex TH-842C all terrrain forklift was not provided with operator training from the employer as required by 1910.178(l).

Issued

Jun 17, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,760 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.34(c): Means of egress was not continually maintained free of all obstructions or impediments to full instant use in the case of fire or other emergency:     a.       Site- Employees were exposed to trip hazards where scrap lumber, building materials, equipment, and excavations obstructed building exits and exit routes.

Issued

Jun 17, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,200 · Current $0 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.        a. Site- Employees operating pneumatic nail guns and circular power saws were exposed to eye hazards where eye protection was not worn or provided.

Issued

Jun 17, 2013

Abate by

Jun 21, 2013

Penalty

Initial $3,080 · Current $1,600 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1051(a): Stairway(s) or ladder(s) were not provided at all personnel points of access where there was a break in elevation of 19 inches (48 cm) or more, or no ramp, runway, sloped embankment, or personnel hoist was provided:             a. Site- Employees were exposed to falls between approximately 12 feet and 25 feet while climbing from the bottom chord of roof trusses to the top chord of the roof trusses where ladders were not used or provided.

Issued

Jun 17, 2013

Abate by

Jun 21, 2013

Penalty

Initial $6,160 · Current $3,200 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. Site- Employees were exposed to falls between approximately 11 and 25 feet where fall protection was not utilized.    Leleu & Brother construction, Inc was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard which was contained in OSHA inspection number 312423098, citation number 1, item number 1 and was affirmed as a final order on 8/11/2008 with respect to a workplace located at 605 Hogan Road, Bangor, ME 04401.

Issued

Jun 17, 2013

Abate by

Jun 21, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.502(d)(6)(i): A snaphook not of the locking type was engaged (i) directly to webbing, rope or wire rope:   a.       Site- Employees were exposed to falls between approximately 14 and 25 feet where employees utilizing personal fall arrest equipment had wrapped the end of their lifelines around the top chord of a roof truss and connected the snap hook at the end of the lifeline back to the lifeline.  Leleu & Brother Construction, Inc was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard, 29 CFR 1926.501(b)(1), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 312423098, citation number 1, item number 1 and was affirmed as a final order on 8/11/2008 with respect to a workplace located at 605 Hogan Road, Bangor, ME 04401.

Issued

Jun 17, 2013

Abate by

Jun 21, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.502(d)(15): Anchorage points used for attachment of personal fall arrest equipment were not  independent of any anchorage point being used to support or suspend platforms and capable of supporting at least 5,000 pounds (22.2 kN) per employee:    a. Site- Employees were exposed to falls between 14 and 25 feet where they attached their personal fall arrest equipment to roof trusses that was not fully braced for their anchor point.    Leleu & Brother Construction, Inc was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard, 29 CFR 1926.501(b)(1), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 312423098, citation number 1, item number 1, and was affirmed as a final order on 8/11/2008 with respect to a workplace located at 605 Hogan Road, Bangor, ME 04401.

Issued

Jun 17, 2013

Abate by

Jun 21, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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. Site- Employees working from roof trusses were not protected from fall hazards where their personal fall arrest equipment was not rigged such that they could not free fall more than six feet or contact a lower level.   Leleu & Brother Construction, Inc was previously cited for a violation of this occupational safety and health standard or its equivalent standard, 29 CFR 1926.501(b)(1), which was contained in OSHA inspection number 312423098, citation number 1, item number 1, and was affirmed as a final order on 8/11/2008 with respect to a workplace located at 605 Hogan Road, Bangor, ME 04401.

Issued

Jun 17, 2013

Abate by

Jun 21, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.150(c)(1)(i): A fire extinguisher, rated not less than 2A, was not provided for each 3,000 square feet of the protected building area, or major fraction thereof:      a. Site- Employees were not protected from fire hazards where flammable and combustible materials were used in and around wood framed structures being built onsite that did not have a fire extinguisher available.