OSHA Inspection: ALLMON GENERAL CONTRACTING

Issued

2014-01-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-01-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1200.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.50(c): A person who has a valid certificate in first-aid training was not available at the worksite to render first-aid:  (a) Elco Mechanical Contractors:  Employees were exposed to bodily injury from falls, operating equipment, and using tools.  Medical services or treatment were not in near proximity to the worksite and employees were not trained to render first aid, as determined on November 15, 2013.   Abatement Certification Required For This Item.

Issued

2014-01-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-01-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(1): Each employee on a walking/working surface with an unprotected side or edge which was 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above a lower level was not protected from falling by the use of guardrail systems, safety net systems, or personal fall arrest systems.  (a) Elco Mechanical storage building:  Employees were working at a height of 13 feet 6 inches above the ground while constructing the roof of a storage building.  Employees were not protected from falls by guardrails, safety nets, or personal fall arrest systems, as determined on November 15, 2013.  Abatement Certification Required For This Item.

Issued

2014-01-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-01-08 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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) Elco Mechanical Storage Building:  Employees were working at a height of 13 feet 6 inches above the ground on the roof of a storage building without the use of a fall protection system.  Employees had not trained to recognize the hazards of falling and the procedures to be followed in order to minimize such hazards, as determined on November 15, 2013.   Abatement Certification Required For This Item.

Issued

2014-01-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-01-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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) Elco Mechanical storage building:  The employer had not initiated or maintained a program that provided for frequent and regular inspections of the job site, materials, and equipment by a competent person.  A competent person did not identify hazards of the job site, such as but not limited to, working at heights above 6 feet without a fall protection system in place and using a ladder to access the roof that did not extend 3 feet past the landing, as determined on November 15, 2013.   Abatement Certification Required For This Item.

Issued

2014-01-02 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1053(b)(1): Portable ladders were used for access to an upper landing surface and the ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet (.9 m) above the upper landing surface to which the ladder was used to gain access:  (a) Elco Mechanical storage building:  Employees used a portable ladder, extended approximately 1 1/2 feet above the upper landing surface, to access the roof of the storage building.  The ladder side rails did not extend at least 3 feet above the upper landing surface, as determined on November 15, 2013.

Issued

2014-01-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-01-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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) Elco Mechanical storage building:  Employees were using an extension ladder, to access the roof of the storage building, that was not extended at least 3 feet above the landing.  The employer did not provide a training program to recognize hazards related to ladders and train each employee in the procedures to be followed to minimize these hazards, as determined on November 15, 2013.    Abatement Certification Required For This Item.

Issued

2014-01-02 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-01-29 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1910.178(l)(4)(i):  The powered industrial truck operators (PITs) were not trained and evaluated once in three years. Referenced in construction standard 1926.602(d):  (a) Elco Mechanical Storage Building: An employee was operating a Komatsu FG25T-12 Forklift serial #515037A to lift materials to the roof of a building under construction.  The employee had not been trained or evaluated in the past three years, as determined on November 15, 2013.   Abatement Certification Required For This Item.