OSHA Inspection: FORREST CONCRETE LLC

Issued

2013-11-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1200.00 · Current $720.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(5): Each employee on the face of formwork or reinforcing steel was not protected from falling 6 feet or more:    a)    On or about June 12, 2013, and times prior thereto, at the Embassy Suites jobsite in Savannah, GA, the employer failed to ensure that employees were protected from falling to a lower level at the parking-garage elevator base, exposing employees to fall hazards of 10 feet to the next-lower surface.    ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION IS NOT REQUIRED.

Issued

2013-11-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1200.00 · Current $720.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1052(c)(1)(ii): Stairways having four or more risers or rising more than 30 inches (76 cm), whichever is less, were not equipped with a stairrail system along each unprotected side or edge:   a)    On or about June 12, 2013, and times prior thereto, at the Embassy Suites jobsite in Savannah, GA, the employer failed to ensure that an Oglethorpe St. concrete stairway of 48 inches had a stair-rail system installed on each side, exposing employees to fall hazards while ascending and descending the stairs.     ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION IS NOT REQUIRED.

Issued

2013-11-05 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.150(c)(1)(iv): There was not at least one fire extinguisher located adjacent to stairways on each floor of a multistory building:   a)    On or about June 12, 2013, and times prior thereto, at the Embassy Suites jobsite in Savannah, GA, the employer failed to ensure that at least the first floor of the main building included at least one portable fire extinguisher located adjacent to stairways of the north and south sides, exposing employees to potential fire hazards.     ABATEMENT CERTIFICATION IS NOT REQUIRED.