OSHA Inspection: SMART LEVEL CONSTRUCTION, INC.

Issued

Jun 20, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $0 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.21(b)(2): The employer shall instruct each employee in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions and the regulations applicable to his work environment to control or eliminate any hazards or other exposure to illness or injury.     a) Jobsite, Saratoga Heritage Apartments- On or about 05/31/13- Employer failed to instruct employees in the recognition and elimination of eye injury struck-by hazards when operating pneumatic nail guns.

Issued

Jun 20, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.95(a): Personal protective equipment, including personal protective equipment for eyes, face, head, and extremities, protective clothing, respiratory devices, and protective shields and barriers, was not provided, used, or maintained in a sanitary and reliable condition it was necessary by reason of hazards of processes or environment, chemical hazards, radiological hazards, or mechanical irritants encountered in a manner capable of causing injury or impairment in the function of any part of the body through absorption, inhalation, or physical contact.     a) Jobsite, Saratoga Heritage Apartments- on or about 05/31/12- Employees not wearing protective safety eyewear and using pneumatic nail guns were exposed to eye injury struck-by hazards.

Issued

Jun 20, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(4): Ladder(s) were used for purposes other than the purpose for which they were designed:   a) Jobsite, Saratoga Heritage Apartments- On or about 05/31/12- A-frame step ladder was not opened and propped against a wall to nail on exterior sheathing.

Issued

Jun 20, 2013

Abate by

Jul 2, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1060(a): The employer did not provide a training program for each employee using ladders and stairways, as necessary, which would enable each employee to recognize hazards related to ladders and stairways and train each employee in the procedures to be followed to minimize these hazards.   a) Jobsite, Saratoga Heritage Apartments- On or 05/31/13- Employee exposed to a fall hazard when using a self-supported ladder propped against a wall was not trained in the propper use of the ladder.