OSHA Inspection: SHAKIR CONSTRUCTION

Issued

2013-11-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-11-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1200.00 · Current $800.00 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:    At the project on or about August 19, 2013, employees and the foreman stated they were not instructed on the used of fire extinguishers or other fire extinguishing methods.  There were no 55 gallon drums of waters with pails or hoses connected to water spigots that could reach the project.  There were combustible materials onsite such as empty paper bags that contained cement.

Issued

2013-11-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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.  Travel distance from any point of the protected area to the nearest fire extinguisher shall not exceed 100 feet:  At the project on or about August 16, 2013, there was no fire extinguisher when I first arrived onsite.  Fire extinguishers were brought to the site about 30 minutes after I arrived.  There were no 55 gallon drums of waters with pails or hoses connected to spigots that could reach the project.  There were combustible materials onsite such as empty paper bags that contained cement.

Issued

2013-11-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-11-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1200.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.95(a): Protective equipment, including personal protective equipment for eyes, face, head, and extremities, protective clothing, respiratory devices, and protective shields and barriers, were not provided, used, and maintained in a sanitary and reliable condition wherever 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:    In room 301 on or about August 19, 2013, gloves with latex rubber palms and cotton mesh backs were worn instead of gloves made of nitrile or butyl while using portland cement to raise the floor level at the room's entrance.

Issued

2013-11-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-11-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1200.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1): When scaffold platforms are more than 2 feet (0.6 m) above or below a point of access, portable ladders, hook-on ladders, attachable ladders, stair towers (scaffold stairways/towers), stairway-type ladders (such as ladder stands), ramps, walkways, integral prefabricated scaffold access, or direct access from another scaffold, structure, personnel hoist, or similar surface were not used:   On the third level on or about August 19, 2013, there was no access to a 2 foot, 1 inch high scaffold platform.  Employees used the platform to apply joint compound to the joints between the plywood on the ceiling.

Issued

2013-11-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-11-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(a)(2): Crossbracing was not installed between the inner and outer sets of poles on double pole scaffolds:     On the third level on or about August 19, 2013, there was no crossbracing installed between the inner and outer set of poles on a double-pole scaffold. Employees used the 2 foot, 1 inch high platform to apply joint compound to the joints between the plywood on the ceiling.

Issued

2013-11-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-11-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(a)(3): Diagonal bracing in both directions was not installed across the entire inside face of double-pole scaffolds used to support loads equivalent to a uniformly distributed load of 50 pounds (222 kg) or more per square foot (929 square cm):     On the third level on or about August 19, 2013, there was no diagonal bracing installed across the entire inside face of the double-pole scaffold. Employees used the 2 foot, 1 inch high platform to apply joint compound to the joints between the plywood on the ceiling.

Issued

2013-11-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-11-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(a)(4): Diagonal bracing in both directions was not installed across the entire outside face of all double- and single-pole scaffolds:     On the third level on or about August 19, 2013, there was no diagonal bracing installed across the entire outside face of the double-pole scaffold. Employees used the 2 foot, 1 inch high platform to apply joint compound to the joints between the plywood on the ceiling.

Issued

2013-11-04 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-11-07 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2400.00 · Current $1800.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.1200(e)(1): Employers did not develop, implement, and maintain at each workplace, a written hazard communication program which at least describes how the criteria specified in paragraphs (f), (g), and (h) of this section for labels and other forms of warning, material safety data sheets, and employee information and training were met (Referenced in 29 CFR 1926.59):    At the project on or about August 19, 2013, and at times prior thereto, a written hazard communication program had not been developed or implemented.  Employees used portland cement to raise room entrance floors, Beadex All Purpose Joint Compound, and Pro Mar 400 Interior Latex Primer 6501-3262Y.    THE SHAKIR CONSTRUCTION WAS PREVIOUSLY CITED FOR A VIOLATION OF THIS OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH STANDARD OR ITS EQUIVALENT STANDARD 29 CFR 1910.1200 (E)(1)  WHICH WAS CONTAINED IN OSHA INSPECTION NUMBER 877044, CITATION NUMBER 1, ITEM NUMBER 1, AND WAS AFFIRMED AS A FINAL ORDER ON MAY 8, 2013, WITH RESPECT TO A WORKPLACE LOCATED AT THE FAMILY BUILDING EXTERIOR PAINTING PROJECT, GARAPAN STREET, VILLAGE OF GARAPAN, SAIPAN, MP  96950.