OSHA Inspection: LEVVINTRE CONSTRUCTION, LLC

Issued

Nov 20, 2013

Abate by

Dec 17, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,800

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(2): The employer did not initiate and maintain programs which provided for frequent and regular inspections of the job site, materials and equipment to be made by a competent person(s):  Job site:  12114 Natural Bridge Road, St. Louis, MO  63044  Levvintre Construction, LLC allows workers to be exposed to hazardous conditions created by not conducting frequent or regular inspections.  The most recent occurrence was at 12114 Natural Bridge Road, Bridgeton, MO  63044 where they failed to make frequent or regular inspections of the worksite to ensure all workers were in compliance with company safety and health policies and OSHA standards.  The workers were exposed to an approximate 27 foot fall hazard as they worked on the roof without the use of an adequate fall protection system and/or fall arrest system.  In addition, workers were exposed to an approximate 27 foot fall hazard as they used an extension ladder that did not extend 36 inches above the landing.

Issued

Nov 20, 2013

Abate by

Dec 17, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,800

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13): Each employee engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m)  or more above lower levels was not protected by guardrail systems, safety net systems, personal fall arrest systems, or an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501 (b), nor did the employer demonstrate that it is infeasible or creates a greater hazard to use these systems and develop and implement a fall protection plan which meets the requirements of paragraph (k) of section 1926.502:   Location:  12114 Natural Bridge Road, Bridgeton, MO  63044  The workers were exposed to an approximate 27 foot fall hazard as they worked on the approximate 6:12 pitch roof without the use of an adequate fall protection system and/or fall arrest system.

Issued

Nov 20, 2013

Abate by

Dec 17, 2013

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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:  Location:  12114 Natural Bridge Road, Bridgeton, MO  63044  The employer's training program did not enable each employee to recognize the hazards of falling at 12114 Natural Bridge Road, Bridgeton, MO  63044 and did not train each employee in the procedures to be followed in order to minimize the hazards of falling at 12114 Natural Bridge Road, Bridgeton, MO  63044.

Issued

Nov 20, 2013

Abate by

Dec 17, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,800

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): Portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface and the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface to which the ladder was used to gain access:  Location:  12114 Natural Bridge Road, Bridgeton, MO  63044  Seven employees gained access and egress by utilizing a portable ladder which did not extend at least 36" above the upper landing (roof).  The side rails measured approximately 18 inches above the landing.  This improperly positioned ladder was located at the roof eave along the south side of the residential structure that was being re-roofed.  The fall hazard at ladder landing measured approximately 27 feet.