OSHA Inspection: ENERGY WISE BUILDERS

Issued

2014-03-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-04-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.20(b)(2): The employer did not initiate and maintain a safety program which provides for frequent and regular inspections of jobsites, materials, and equipment to be made by a competent person:   On and before 2/5/14, the employer did not conduct site safety inspections to identify and prevent recognized hazards and conditions.

Issued

2014-03-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-04-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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:   On and before 2/5/14, the employer did not provide any training to the employees that would allow them to recognize unsafe working conditions while using power tools, working on elevated working surfaces or operating aerial lifts or material handling equipment.

Issued

2014-03-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-03-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $1600.00 · Current $0.00 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:  On 2/5/14, employees were exposed to struck by hazards while performing construction activities while working from a boom lift.

Issued

2014-03-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-03-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.102(a)(1): Eye and face protective equipment were not used when machines or operations presented potential eye or face injury from physical, chemical, or radiation agents:   On 2/5/14, the employees working with circular saws and pneumatic nail guns were not wearing or provided with safety glasses.

Issued

2014-03-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-03-17 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · Current $0.00 Reduced

General-duty citation text

29 CFR 1926.453(b)(2)(v): A body belt was not worn and/or a lanyard was not attached to the boom or basket when working from an aerial lift:  Note: As of January 1, 1998, subpart M of this part (1926.502(d)) provides that body belts are not acceptable as part of a personal fall arrest system:    On 2/5/14, employees using a boom lift to access the roof of the building were not using or provided with personal fall arrest systems.

Issued

2014-03-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-04-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $0.00 · Current $0.00

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:  On and before 2/5/14, the employees had not been trained to operate the boom lift or to recognize and avoid the hazards associated with scaffolds and aerial lifts.

Issued

2014-03-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-04-04 00:00:00

Penalty

Initial $2800.00 · 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:  On 2/5/14, employees were installing rafters and sheathing on a flat roof without any form of fall protection.

Issued

2014-03-07 00:00:00

Abate by

2014-04-04 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:  Prior to 2/5/14, the employer did not provide any training to ensure the employees were able to recognize and avoid fall hazards or to install and use protective systems to prevent falls from elevated working surfaces.