OSHA Inspection: HIGHWOOD 18, LLC

Issued

Feb 14, 2014

Abate by

Mar 7, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,250 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.21(b)(2): The employer did not instruct each employee in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions and the regulations applicable to his/her environment to control or eliminate any hazards or other exposure to illness or injury:       a) Chimney front of house: The employer did not instruct employees required to use equipment,  including but not limited to masonry saws and electrical equipment, in the recognition and avoidance of unsafe conditions and the regulations applicable to control or eliminate hazards associated with using that equipment, on or about 08/20/2013.

Issued

Feb 14, 2014

Abate by

Dec 26, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,400 · Current $1,000 Reduced

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) Chimney front of house: Employees exposed to falling objects while working below masonry activities, taking place from a scaffold and roof, were not protected by protective helmets, on or about 8/20/2013.

Issued

Feb 14, 2014

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.405(b)(2): In an energized installation, each outlet box did not have a cover, faceplate, or fixture canopy.          a) Garage: Workers were using a receptacle that did not have a faceplate to energize a drill, on or about 9/3/2013.

Issued

Feb 14, 2014

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.405(j)(1)(ii): Fixtures, lampholders, rosettes, or receptacles were not securely supported:    a) Garage: Workers were using a receptacle that was not secured, on or about 9/3/2013.

Issued

Feb 14, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $750 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.416(e)(1): Worn or frayed electric cords or cables were used:      a) Chimney front of house: Employee was using a damaged electric cord on a scaffold, on or about 08/20/2013.

Issued

Feb 14, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,250 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(1): Each platform on all working levels of scaffolds was not fully planked or decked between the front uprights and the guardrail supports as specified in paragraphs 1926.451(b)(1)(i)-(ii)    a) Chimney front of house: Employees were working from a welded frame scaffold platform that was not fully planked, being exposed to a fall of approximately 22 feet, on or about 08/20/2013.

Issued

Feb 14, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,250 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2): Supported scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames,  or uprights did not bear on base plates and mud sills or other adequate firm foundation:    a) Chimney front of house: Scaffold vertical uprights of a working scaffold were not supported on a firm foundation, on or about 08/20/2013.

Issued

Feb 14, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2)(ii): Unstable objects were used to support scaffolds or platform units:  a) Chimney front of house: Hollow concrete blocks were used to support the vertical uprights of a welded tubular frame scaffold, on or about 08/20/2013.

Issued

Feb 14, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,250 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(f)(7): Scaffolds were not erected, moved, dismantled, or altered, by trained and experienced employees under the supervision and direction of a competent person qualified in scaffold erection, moving, dismantling or alteration:; Such activities were not performed only by experienced and trained employees selected for such work by the competent person.    a) Chimney front of house: Employees were working on a tubular frame scaffold platform that had not been erected under the supervision of a competent person, on or about 08/20/2013.

Issued

Feb 14, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,250 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1):     Each employee on a scaffold more than 10 feet above a lower level were not protected from falling to that lower level.    a) Chimney front of house: Employee without any means of fall protection was lifting materials onto a welded frame scaffold platform being exposed to a fall of approximately 22 feet, on or about 08/20/2013.

Issued

Feb 14, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,400 · Current $1,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(h)(2)(ii): A toeboard was not erected along the edge of platforms more than 10 feet (3.1 m) above lower levels for a distance sufficient to protect employees below:Note:       a) Chimney front of house: Material placed upon a scaffold platform without a toeboard protection nor being barricated bellow  exposed employees to overhead falling object hazards, on or about 08/20/2013

Issued

Feb 14, 2014

Abate by

Mar 7, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,250 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.454(a): The employer did not have each employee who performed work while on a scaffold trained by a person qualified in the subject matter to recognize the hazards associated with the type of scaffold being used and to understand the procedures to control or minimize those hazards.       a) Chimney front of house: Employees that were not trained in the recognition of hazards associated with scaffolds use were working from a welded tubular frame scaffold platform, on or about 08/20/2013.

Issued

Feb 14, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,250 Reduced

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, nor were employee(s) provided with an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501 (b):       a) Chimney front of house: Employee without any means of fall protection was working on the roof being exposed to a fall of approximately 22 feet, on or about 08/20/2013.

Issued

Feb 14, 2014

Abate by

Mar 7, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,250 Reduced

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) Chimney front of house: Employees that were not trained in the recognition of hazards associated with falls were installing stone veneer on a chimney being exposed to a fall from the roof of approximately 22 feet, on or about 08/20/2013.

Issued

Feb 14, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $750 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.702(i)(1): Masonry saws were not guarded with a semicircular enclosure over the blade:    a) Chimney front of house: Employee was cutting stone with a handheld masonry saw that did not have a guard, on or about 8/20/2013.

Issued

Feb 14, 2014

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $500 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1052(c)(4): Midrails, screens, mesh, intermediate vertical members, or equivalent intermediate structural members were not provided between the top rail of the stairrail system and the stairway steps:            a) Main Interior Stairway: Workers without any other acceptable means of fall protection in place, were using a stairway that did not have a guardrail installed between the top rail and the stairway system or steps, on or about 9/3/2013.