OSHA Inspection: ASSET CONSTRUCITON

Issued

Apr 24, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,000 · Current $800 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) Top floor of structure - An employee was exposed to head injuries while working below framing activities. The employee was not protected by a hard hat or protective helmet, on or about January 9th, 2014.

Issued

Apr 24, 2014

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $640 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): 29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): Eye and face protective equipment were not used when machines or operations presented potential eye or face injury:                                                                                                             A) Top floor of the structure : Employees were exposed to eye/face injuries while using pneumatic nail guns and electric saws and were not protected with any type of eye/face protection, on or about January 9th, 2014.

Issued

Apr 24, 2014

Penalty

Initial $2,800 · Current $1,120 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.501(b)(13):   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 (b)   A) Top floor (Front and side) the structure : Employees were exposed to fall hazards of approximately 18 and 24 feet while engaged in framing work on a residential structure without a means of fall protection in place, on or about January 9th, 2014.

Issued

Apr 24, 2014

Penalty

Initial $1,600 · Current $640 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.1052(c)(1): Stairways having four or more risers or rising more than 30 inches, whichever is less, were not equipped with at least one handrail and one stairrail system along each unprotected side or edge:    A) First floor of structure: Employees were exposed to fall hazards as a 10 foot stairway that the employees were using did not have a handrail for the employees to use, on or about January 9th, 2014.