OSHA Inspection: HARDWARE INSTALLERS, CORP.

Issued

Feb 12, 2014

Abate by

Mar 4, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $0 Reduced

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).  Employees at the Lake Baldwin construction site were not trained on the identification and prevention of fall hazards associated with wood frame construction where they were working 30 feet above ground level.

Issued

Feb 12, 2014

Penalty

Initial $14,000 · Current $8,000 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13):  Each employee engaged in residential construction activities 6 feet (1.8 m)  or more above lower levels was not protected by guardrail systems, safety net systems, personal fall arrest systems, or an alternative fall protection measure under another provision of paragraph 1926.501 (b), nor did the employer demonstrate that it is infeasible or creates a greater hazard to use these systems and develop and implement a fall protection plan which meets the requirements of paragraph (k) of section 1926.502:     (a) At the Jefferson Apartment development in Baldwin Park employees working on the third level of building #3 installing subfloor decking were not using conventional or alternative fall protection where they were exposed to fall hazards of 10 and 30 feet as observed on or about January 15, 2014.     Hardware Installers, Corp., was previously cited for a violation of this Occupational Safety and Health standard or its equivalent standard 29 CFR 1926.501(b)(1), which was contained in the following inspections:       1.     Inspection Number 924766 Citation 1 Item 1 and was affirmed as a Final Order on November 18, 2013, with respect to the workplace located at 1596 Gaines Mill Court, bldg. 1000, Celebration, Florida 34747.       2.     Inspection Number 914312 Citation 1 Item 2 and was affirmed as a Final Order on August 8, 2013, with respect to the workplace located at Evander Square At Celebration, Celebration, Florida 34747.