OSHA Inspection: M & A CUSTOM HOMES, INC.

Issued

Jul 25, 2013

Abate by

Aug 15, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $1,600

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) Construction Site: On or about July 23, 2013, and at times prior thereto, employees were exposed to overhead hazards while working below an employee framing in and around trusses without overhead protection.

Issued

Jul 25, 2013

Abate by

Aug 15, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $1,200

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.403(b)(2): Listed, labeled, or certified equipment was not installed and used in accordance with instructions included in the listing, labeling, or certification:    (a) Construction Site: On or about July 23, 2013, and at times prior thereto, employees were exposed to an electrical shock while using a two gang junction box designed to be attached to conduit, suspended by conductors outside of a breaker box,  as a temporary power supply.

Issued

Jul 25, 2013

Abate by

Aug 15, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $1,200

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.405(b)(1): Conductors entering boxes, cabinets, and fittings were not protected from abrasion:   (a) Construction Site: On or about July 23, 2013, and at times prior thereto, employees were exposed to an electrical shock while using a breaker box to supply temporary power that had conductors entering through unprotected openings.

Issued

Jul 25, 2013

Abate by

Aug 15, 2013

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $1,200

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.405(b)(2): In energized installations, each outlet box did not have a cover, faceplate, or fixture canopy:   (a)    Construction Site: On or about July 23, 2013, and at times prior thereto, employees were exposed to an electrical shock while using a two gang junction box without a cover plate.

Issued

Jul 25, 2013

Abate by

Aug 15, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $2,000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.405(d): Panelboards mounted in cabinets, cutout boxes or enclosures designed for the purpose were not dead front:   (a) Construction Site: On or about July 23, 2013, and at times prior thereto, employees were exposed to an electrical shock and arc flash/fire while using a breaker box that did not have the dead front in place.

Issued

Jul 25, 2013

Abate by

Aug 15, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,800

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(4)(i): Each employee on walking/working surfaces was not protected from falling through holes (including skylights), more than six feet (1.8 m) above lower levels, by personal fall arrest systems, covers, or guardrail systems erected around such holes:   (a) Construction Site: On or about July 23, 2013, and at times prior thereto, employees were exposed to a fall of approximately eleven feet to the stairs and wood floor below while working in and around the unguarded stairwell.

Issued

Jul 25, 2013

Abate by

Aug 15, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,800

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13): Each employee(s) engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels were not protected by guardrail systems, safety net system, or personal fall arrest system:     (a) Construction Site: On or about July 23, 2013, and at times prior thereto, employees were exposed to a fall of approximately eleven feet to the wood floor below while working in and around the unguarded second level balcony.  (b) Construction Site: On or about July 23, 2013, and at times prior thereto, employees were exposed to a fall of approximately nineteen feet to the ground below while framing in and around trusses from the top plate of a new residential home.

Issued

Jul 25, 2013

Abate by

Aug 15, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,800

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(14): Each employee working on, at, above, or near wall openings (including those with chutes attached), where the outside bottom edge of the wall opening was 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels and the inside bottom edge of the wall opening is less than 39 inches (1.0 M) above the walking/working surface, is not protected from falling by the use of a guardrail system, a safety net system, or a personal fall arrest system:     (a) Construction Site: On or about July 23, 2013, and at times prior thereto, employees were exposed to a fall of approximately eleven feet to the ground below while working in and around the unguarded window opening.

Issued

Jul 25, 2013

Abate by

Aug 15, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,800

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) Construction Site: On or about July 23, 2013, and at times prior thereto, employees were exposed to falls from approximately eleven to nineteen feet to the ground below due to lack of adequate training in the recognition of fall hazards and the methods to minimize these hazards.

Issued

Jul 25, 2013

Abate by

Aug 15, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $2,000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.602(c)(1)(viii)(A): The industrial truck was not equipped with a safety platform/cage firmly secured to the lifting carriage and/or forks when used for lifting personnel:    (a) Construction Site: On or about July 23, 2013, and at times prior thereto, employees were exposed to a fall of approximately nineteen feet to the ground and the hazard of being struck by the elevated platform while framing in and around trusses from the elevated platform.

Issued

Jul 25, 2013

Abate by

Aug 15, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,800

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1052(c)(1)(i): Stairways having four or more risers or rising more than 30 inches (76 cm), whichever is less, were not equipped with at least one handrail:   (a) Construction Site: On or about July 23, 2013, and at times prior thereto, employees were exposed to a fall to the floor below while using a stairway with approximately fourteen risers to access/egress the second story from/to the ground level to retrieve tools and material.

Issued

Jul 25, 2013

Abate by

Aug 15, 2013

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,800

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) Construction Site: On or about July 23, 2013, and at times prior thereto, employees were exposed to a fall to the floor below while using a stairway with approximately fourteen risers to access/egress the second story from/to the ground level to retrieve tools and material due to lack of adequate training in the recognition of fall hazards related to ladders, and the means to control these hazards.