OSHA Inspection: JECO CONTRACTING INC.

Issued

2013-10-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $1600.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(k)(1): Platforms exceeded a height of 20 feet (6.1 m):      (a) Jobsite:  On or about October 25, 2013, employees were working from a ladder jack scaffold and the platforms were approximately 24 feet above the sidewalk.

Issued

2013-10-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.452(k)(5): Scaffold platforms were bridged on to another:       (a) Jobsite:  On or about October 25, 2013, two employees were working from a ladder jack scaffolding that had its platforms bridged.

Issued

2013-10-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1800.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(g)(1)(i): Each employee on a boatswains' chair, catenary scaffold, float scaffold, needle beam scaffold, or ladder jack scaffold was not protected by a personal fall arrest system:     (a)  Jobsite:  On or about October 25, 2013, two employees were working from a ladder jack scaffold and they were not protected from falling.  The fall hazard to the employees was approximately 24 feet to the ground.

Issued

2013-10-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $1800.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(11): Each employee on a steep roof with unprotected sides and edges 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels was not protected from falling by guardrail systems with toeboards, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems:     (a) Jobsite:  On or about October 25, 2013, an employee was working on a steep roof (6 in 12 pitch) and he was not protected from falling to the ground.  The fall hazard to the employee was about 27 feet to the sidewalk/street.

Issued

2013-10-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(10): 29 CFR 1926.501(b)(10):  Each employee engaged in roofing activities on low-slope roofs, with unprotected sides and edges 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels, was not protected from falling by guardrail systems, safety net systems, personal fall arrest systems, or a combination of warning line system and guardrail system, warning line system and safety net system, warning line system and personal fall arrest system, or warning line system and safety monitoring system; or, on roofs 50 feet (15.25 m) or less in width, the use of a safety monitoring system alone:   (a) Jobsite:  On or about October 25, 2013, an employee was working from a flat section of roof and he was not protected from falling nor was a safety monitor in use.  The fall hazard to the employee was about 15 feet to the ground.

Issued

2013-10-29 00:00:00

Abate by

2013-12-23 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2400.00 · Current $1520.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.503(c): When the employer has reason to believe that any affected employee who has already been trained does not have the understanding and skill required by paragraph (a) of this section, the employer is to retrain each such employee such as inadequacies in an affected employee's knowledge or use of fall protection systems or equipment indicate that the employee has not retained the requisite understanding of skill:     (a) Jobsite:  On or about October 25, 2013, the employer needs to retrain his employees so that they can recognize and minimize fall hazards when they are working from a roof.