OSHA Inspection: MG DRYWALL & CONSTRUCTION SERVICES LTD

Issued

2014-06-17 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-08-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $400.00 · Current $400.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1903.19(c)(1): The employer did not certify to OSHA, within 10 calendar days after the abatement date, that the cited violation had been abated:  (a) MG Drywall & Construction Services LTD did not provide certification on each of the cited items:  Citation 1 Item 1: Frequent and regular inspections of the jobsite were not conducted by a competent person to ensure hazardous situations were found and corrected.   Citation 1 Item 2: Employees conducting carpentry operations on the 1st and 2nd floor of the main lodge were not protected from falling to the lower level. This exposed employees to a fall hazard of approximately 13.5 feet.   Citation 1 Item 3: Employees were not protected from falling to the lower level when using a walkway to access the back deck of the main lodge to conduct carpentry operations.   Citation 1 Item 4: Employees conducting carpentry operations near the wall opening of west elevation on the first floor of the main lodge were not protected from falling to the lower level. This exposed employees to a fall hazard of approximately 13.4 feet.   Citation 1 Item 5: The employer did not ensure that employees exposed to fall hazards had been trained to recognize and minimize the fall hazards associated with their work.

Issued

2014-03-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-03-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2400.00 · Current $2400.00

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)  Frequent and regular inspections of the job site were not conducted by a competent person to ensure hazardous situations were found and corrected.

Issued

2014-03-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-03-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2400.00 · Current $2400.00

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)  Employees conducting carpentry operations on the 1st and 2nd floor of the main main lodge were not protected from falling to the lower level. This exposed employees to a fall hazard of approximately 13.5 feet.

Issued

2014-03-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-03-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2400.00 · Current $2400.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(6): Each employee on ramps, runways, and other walkways was not protected from falling 6 feet (1.8 m) or more to lower levels by guardrail systems:  (a)  Employees were not protected from falling to the lower level when using a walkway to access the back deck of the main lodge to conduct carpentry operations.

Issued

2014-03-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-03-26 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $1600.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(14): Each employee working on, at, above, or near wall openings (including those with chutes attached), where the outside bottom edge of the wall opening was 6 feet (1.8 m) or more above lower levels and the inside bottom edge of the wall opening is less than 39 inches (1.0 M) above the walking/working surface, is not protected from falling by the use of a guardrail system, a safety net system, or a personal fall arrest system.  (a)  Employees conducting carpentry operations near the wall opening of west elevation on the first floor of the main lodge were not protected from falling to the lower level. This exposed employees to a fall hazard of approximately 13.4 feet.

Issued

2014-03-20 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-05-06 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2400.00 · Current $2400.00

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)  The employer did not ensure that employees exposed to fall hazards had been trained to recognize and minimize the fall hazards associated with their work.