OSHA Inspection: MADEIRA FRAMING CO.

Issued

Jan 17, 2014

Abate by

Feb 28, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,400 · Current $1,440 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(2):  The employer did not initiate and maintain programs which provided for frequent and regular inspections of the job site, materials and equipment to be made by a competent person(s):    (a) Second Story Floor - on or about October 31, 2013 - the employer did not establish safety programs for the employees on this site for the hazards that are involved in this line of work.  No inspections of the site have been made by a competent person to identify these hazards.  Employees were exposed to electrical hazards from damaged equipment, struck-by hazards from a lack of personal protective helmets and fall hazards from second story and scaffold surfaces.

Issued

Jan 17, 2014

Abate by

Feb 28, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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) Second Story Floor - on or about October 31, 2013 - the employer did not instruct employees on this site that were performing wood framing installations on the hazards that are involved in this line of work.  Employees were exposed to electrical hazards from damaged equipment, struck-by hazards from a lack of personal protective helmets and fall hazards from second story and scaffold surfaces.

Issued

Jan 17, 2014

Abate by

Jan 24, 2014

Penalty

Initial $1,200 · Current $720 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) Jobsite - on or about October 31, 2013 - ground laborer employees were not wearing hard hats.

Issued

Jan 17, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $1,200 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) Front of the Building- on or about October 31, 2013 - the field-fabricated scaffold system was not erected by a scaffold competent person.

Issued

Jan 17, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(a)(1):  Each scaffold and/or scaffold component was not capable of supporting, without failure, its own weight and at least 4 times the maximum intended load applied or transmitted to it:  (a) Front of the Building- on or about October 31, 2013 - no engineering data was available to substantiate the load-bearing capabilities of the field fabricated scaffold system.

Issued

Jan 17, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(b)(2):  Except as provided in paragraphs (b)(2)(i) and (b)(2)(ii) of this section, each scaffold platform and/or walkway was not at least 18 inches (46 cm) wide:  (a) Front of the Building- on or about October 31, 2013 - the scaffold deck that was used for wood framed installations was only 8 inches wide.  Scaffold deck elevation was approximately 5 feet, 4 inches from the ground.

Issued

Jan 17, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(c)(2):  Supported scaffold poles, legs, posts, frames or uprights did not bear on base plates, mud sills or other adequate firm foundation:  (a) Front of the Building- on or about October 31, 2013 - the center vertical upright support for the scaffold system did not bear on a mud sill or any other means of an adequate firm foundation.

Issued

Jan 17, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.451(e)(1):  When scaffold platforms were 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 other scaffold, sturcure, personnel hoist, or similar surface was not used:  (a) Front of the Building- on or about October 31, 2013 - no proper means of egress was provided for the scaffold system.  Scaffold elevation was approximately 5 feet, 4 inches from the ground.

Issued

Jan 17, 2014

Abate by

Jan 28, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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) Front of the Building- on or about October 31, 2013 - the employer did not provide training to the employee that was performing framing installations from a field-fabricated scaffold system.

Issued

Jan 17, 2014

Abate by

Jan 24, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,400 · Current $1,440 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) Second Story Floor - on or about October 31, 2013 - no fall protection was available for the employees that were installing framing lumber.  Second story elevation was approximately 13 feet 5 inches to the ground.

Issued

Jan 17, 2014

Abate by

Feb 24, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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) Second Story Floor - on or about October 31, 2013 - the employer did not provide a training program to the employees that were performing wood framed installations.

Issued

Jan 17, 2014

Abate by

Jan 24, 2014

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $960 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1051(a):  Stairway(s) or ladder(s) were not provided at all personnel points of access where there was a break in elevation of 19 inches (48 cm) or more, or no ramp, runway, sloped embankment, or personnel hoist was provided:    (a) Second Story Floor - on or about October 31, 2013 - no ladder or stairway was provided for the employees that were performing wood framing installations on the second story floor.  Employees were climbing the diagonal interior wall bracing to access the upper work area.  Second story elevation was approximately 13 feet 5 inches to the ground.

Issued

Jan 17, 2014

Abate by

Feb 24, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

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) Second Story Floor - on or about October 31, 2013 - the employer did not provide a training program pursuant to this subpart for the employees that were performing wood framing installations.  Second story elevation was approximately 13 feet 5 inches to the ground.

Issued

Jan 17, 2014

Abate by

Jan 28, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.50(d)(1):  First-aid supplies were not easily accessible when required:    (a) Jobsite - on or about October 31, 2013 - first aid supplies were not available on site.

Issued

Jan 17, 2014

Abate by

Jan 24, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.404(f)(6): The path to ground from circuits, equipment, or enclosures was not permanent and continuous:  (a) Jobsite - on or about October 31, 2013 - electric tools; Milwaukee Sawzall model# 6520-2, and the Makita Circular Saw model# 5007F, were not provided with a continual path to ground.

Issued

Jan 17, 2014

Abate by

Jan 24, 2014

Penalty

Initial $0 · Current $0

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.416(e)(1): Worn or frayed electric cords or cables were used:  (a) Jobsite - on or about October 31, 2013 - Milwaukee Sawzall, model# 6520-2, serial# B020612030290; Makita Circular Saw, model# 5007F, no serial number, had frayed electrical cords.  The outer insulation of these cords were damaged.