OSHA Inspection: SIERRA STEEL BUILDINGS, INC.

Issued

Apr 16, 2014

Abate by

May 19, 2014

Penalty

Initial $400 · Current $400

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1903.19(c)(1): The employer failed to certify to OSHA (the Agency) that each cited violation has been abated:  (a) For Citation 1, Item 2, a violation of 29 CFR 1926.761(b).     (b) For Citation 2, Item 1, a violation of 29 CFR 1926.760(a)(1).

Issued

Jan 28, 2014

Abate by

Mar 25, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $2,000

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) On or about September 11, 2013, and at times prior to that date, for employee exposed to overhead struck-by hazards while conducting steel erection work activities at 10 West Main Street, Northville, South Dakota.

Issued

Jan 28, 2014

Abate by

Mar 25, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $2,800

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.761(b): The employer did not train each employee exposed to fall hazards in steel erection:    (a) On or about September 11, 2013, and at times prior to that date, for employees exposed to an approximate 20-foot fall hazard while walking purlins to install insulation without fall protection systems in place at 10 West Main Street, Northville, South Dakota.

Issued

Jan 28, 2014

Abate by

Mar 25, 2014

Penalty

Initial $14,000 · Current $14,000

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.760(a)(1): Each employee engaged in a steel erection activity who was on a walking/working surface with an unprotected side or edge more than 15 feet (4.6 m) above a lower level was not protected from fall hazards by guardrail systems, safety net systems, personal fall arrest systems, positioning device systems, or fall restraint systems:    (a) On or about September 11, 2013, and at times prior to that date, for employees exposed to an approximate 20-foot fall hazard while walking purlins to install insulation on the roof of a steel building at 10 West Main Street, Northville, South Dakota.